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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Shizunai in Japan

Posted by admin on January 10, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.1963S, 142.8371WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.49 km (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/16 / 2016-01-10 15:37:00 / January 10, 2016 @ 3:37 pm. Exact location, longitude 142.8371° East, latitude 42.1963° North, depth = 58.49 km. Id of earthquake: us10004dbi. Event ids that are associated: us10004dbi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:37:00 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ESE of Shizunai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.8371° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.1963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km ESE of Shizunai, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-10 15:37:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-10 16:47:05 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 284 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 0.299 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us10004dbi Id of event.
Event Code 10004dbi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004dbi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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