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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Obihiro in Japan


Earthquake location 42.5732S, 143.6683WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Obihiro in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 02:50:36 / September 16, 2018 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:50:36 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 143.6683° East, 42.5732° North, depth 71.44 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.44 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hibh. Id of event: us2000hibh.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Otofuke, Obihiro. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 53 km SE of Obihiro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.6683° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.5732° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SE of Obihiro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-16 02:50:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-29 22:23:05 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 298 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 0.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 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 us2000hibh Id of event.
Event Code 2000hibh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hibh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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