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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 43.5377S, 147.1201WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 43 km SE of Shikotan, Russia (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 147.1201 East, latitude 43.5377 North, depth = 59.78 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:48:06 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.78 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: us1000bji2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bji2. Global time and date of event 30/11/17 / 2017-11-30 18:48:06 / November 30, 2017 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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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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: 43 km SE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.1201° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.5377° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km SE of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-30 18:48:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-01 01:11:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 326 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 3.29 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us1000bji2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000bji2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bji2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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