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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Miyazaki-shi in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Miyazaki-shi in Japan. The temblor was reported at 17:50:18 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.87 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 08:50:18 / May 16, 2016 @ 8:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 131.7606° East, latitude 31.8101° North, depth = 25.87 km. Event id: us10005hpv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hpv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kanoya, Hamanoichi, Kokubu-matsuki (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km ESE of Miyazaki-shi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.7606° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8101° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33km ESE of Miyazaki-shi, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-16 08:50:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-16 09:24:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	355	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	1.154	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10005hpv	Id of event.
Event Code	10005hpv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005hpv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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