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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Yanai in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Yanai in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 05:52:08 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.6 km (38 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 20:52:08 / January 8, 2018 @ 8:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 132.1832° East, 33.77° North, depth 60.6 km. Unique identifier: us1000c26y. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c26y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Hiroshima-shi (c. 1 143 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kure (c. 196 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ube (c. 173 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yamaguchi-shi (c. 145 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Onoda, Yoshitomi, Saiki (min 5000 pop).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 22 km SSE of Yanai, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.1832° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.77° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	60.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km SSE of Yanai, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-08 20:52:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-08 21:47:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	1.267	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us1000c26y	Id of event.
Event Code	1000c26y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000c26y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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