Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 133 km NNW of Nago, Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 133 km NNW of Nago, Japan (83 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 22:10:09 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 13:10:09 / May 3, 2016 @ 1:10 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.6408° East, latitude 27.7556° North, depth = 95.56 km. Event id: us10005gk4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gk4. The epicenter was at a depth of 95.56 km (59 miles).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.6408° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.7556° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	95.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	133km NNW of Nago, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-03 13:10:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-30 16:16:13	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	3.6	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	340	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	1.074	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 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	us10005gk4	Id of event.
Event Code	10005gk4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005gk4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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