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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hirara in Japan

Posted by admin on January 12, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.0969S, 125.0484WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.35 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:24:13 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 12:24:13 / December 31, 2017 @ 12:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 125.0484° East, 24.0969° North, depth 61.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000byhz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byhz.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki, Hirara (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 81 km SSW of Hirara, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0484° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0969° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km SSW of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-31 12:24:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-12 08:58:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 1.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us1000byhz Id of event.
Event Code 1000byhz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000byhz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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