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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Hachijo-jima in Japan


Earthquake location 33.1827S, 139.729WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 km NNW of Hachijo-jima, Japan (7 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 182.36 km (113 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:23:16 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 139.729° East, latitude 33.1827° North, depth = 182.36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gekv. Id of event: us1000gekv. Global time and date of event 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 17:23:16 / August 15, 2018 @ 5:23 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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. 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: 12 km NNW of Hachijo-jima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.729° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NNW 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 2018-08-15 17:23:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-04 16:53:06 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 259 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 0.078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us1000gekv Id of event.
Event Code 1000gekv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gekv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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