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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Hachijo-jima in Japan

Posted by admin on June 1, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.4546S, 137.8861WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km WSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan (119 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 137.8861 East, latitude 32.4546 North, depth = 360.13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 360.13 km (224 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:56:44 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 12:56:44 / June 1, 2018 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000egja. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egja.

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 192 km WSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.8861° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4546° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 360.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 192km WSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-01 12:56:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-01 14:00:16 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 246 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 1.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us1000egja Id of event.
Event Code 1000egja An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000egja, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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