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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Ashibetsu in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ashibetsu in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 142.37° East, 43.5024° North, depth 176.64 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mha. Unique identifier: us10007mha. The temblor was picked up at 18:40:13 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.64 km (110 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 09:40:13 / December 24, 2016 @ 9:40 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nayoro, Obihiro, Otofuke (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ishikari (c. 57 300 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight 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.

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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. 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: 14 km E of Ashibetsu, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.37° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.5024° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	176.64 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km E of Ashibetsu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-24 09:40:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-24 10:10:01	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	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	0.637	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	105	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	us10007mha	Id of event.
Event Code	10007mha	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007mha,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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