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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Ibusuki in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ibusuki in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 114.46 km, 130.6534° East, 31.1739° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.46 km (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 08:45:34 / October 26, 2018 @ 8:45 am. Event id: us1000hhgn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hhgn. The temblor was reported at 17:45:34 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kobayashi, Nichinan, Satsumasendai (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 6 km S of Ibusuki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.6534° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.1739° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	114.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km S of Ibusuki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-26 08:45:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-26 09:02:28	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	312	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	1.954	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	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	us1000hhgn	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hhgn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hhgn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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