Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ofunato in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. The temblor was reported at 03:34:40 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 18:34:40 / June 13, 2018 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.8 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000evkz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000evkz. Exact location of event, depth 41.8 km, 142.1708° East, 38.5686° North.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōtsuchi, Wakuya, Yamoto (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Wakuya (c. 18 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km SE of Ofunato, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.1708° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.5686° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	68km SE of Ofunato, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-06-13 18:34:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-25 15:51:25	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	271	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	1.292	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 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	us1000evkz	Id of event.
Event Code	1000evkz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000evkz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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