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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Kashima-shi in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kashima-shi in Japan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.59 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 16:17:37 / December 2, 2017 @ 4:17 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:17:37 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bkbf. Id of event: us1000bkbf. Exact location of earthquake, 141.1353° East, 36.0844° North, depth 44.59 km.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makabe, Tsukuba, Fujishiro. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 46 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.1353° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0844° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46km ENE of Kashima-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	2017-12-02 16:17:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-04 15:45:03	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	1.802	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	151	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	us1000bkbf	Id of event.
Event Code	1000bkbf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000bkbf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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