Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Ishinomaki in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048m4. Id of event: us100048m4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.11 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:59:28 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 16:59:28 / December 21, 2015 @ 4:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.7804 East, latitude 38.1989 North, depth = 67.11 km.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinoseki, Ōfunato, Marumori.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.7804° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.1989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.11 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-21 16:59:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-21 20:23:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.848	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us100048m4	Id of event.
Event Code	100048m4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100048m4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.7804° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

38.1989° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

67.11 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

48km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-12-21 16:59:28

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-12-21 20:23:22

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.848

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.73 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

116

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us100048m4

Id of event.

Event Code

100048m4

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us100048m4,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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