Light earthquake 4.7 mag, Izu Islands, Japan region

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Unique identifier: us1000c2pv. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c2pv. The temblor was reported at 02:50:33 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 140.3425 East, latitude 29.6058 North, depth = 40.06 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.06 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 17:50:33 / January 9, 2018 @ 5:50 pm.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Izu Islands, Japan region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.3425° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	29.6058° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.06 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Izu Islands, Japan region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-09 17:50:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-01-09 19:51:38	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	340	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	2.981	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	95	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	us1000c2pv	Id of event.
Event Code	1000c2pv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000c2pv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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