Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Namie in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Namie in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.2387 East, latitude 37.356 North, depth = 56.91 km. The temblor was reported at 15:29:17 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 06:29:17 / February 14, 2016 @ 6:29 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10004qj5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004qj5. 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 56.91 km (35 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Iwanuma, Ōkawara (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km SE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.2387° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.356° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	56.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25km SE of Namie, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-14 06:29:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-09 09:13:38	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	298	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	0.624	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us10004qj5	Id of event.
Event Code	10004qj5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004qj5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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