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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mikuni in Japan

Posted by admin on September 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.7847S, 135.4314WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Mikuni in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 367.11 km (228 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 16:32:19 / September 6, 2018 @ 4:32 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:32:19 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000h9j0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h9j0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 135.4314° East, latitude 36.7847° North, depth = 367.11 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Mikuni (c. 23 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mikuni (min 5000 pop).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NW of Mikuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 135.4314° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7847° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 367.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90km NW of Mikuni, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-06 16:32:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-06 17:07:07 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 284 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 1.951 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us2000h9j0 Id of event.
Event Code 2000h9j0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h9j0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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