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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Rumoi in Japan


Earthquake location 44.1688S, 140.7612WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Rumoi in Japan on Monday. Global time and date of event 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 15:31:22 / September 17, 2017 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:31:22 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 140.7612° East, latitude 44.1688° North, depth = 33.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.57 km (21 miles). Event id: us2000at5n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000at5n.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rumoi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Rumoi (c. 26 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km WNW of Rumoi, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.7612° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.1688° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km WNW of Rumoi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-17 15:31:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-05 19:49:21 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 312 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 1.319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us2000at5n Id of event.
Event Code 2000at5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000at5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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