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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Obihiro in Japan

Posted by admin on October 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.4279S, 143.7114WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Obihiro in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 143.7114° East, 42.4279° North, depth 97.8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 23:33:55 / October 19, 2018 @ 11:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.8 km (61 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:55 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hghv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hghv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Otofuke, Obihiro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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 earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 68 km SE of Obihiro, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.7114° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.4279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2018-10-19 23:33:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-30 03:21:30 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 0.582 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us1000hghv Id of event.
Event Code 1000hghv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hghv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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