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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Hakodate in Japan


Earthquake location 41.8306S, 141.4426WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hakodate in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 14:51:14 / December 24, 2018 @ 2:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.28 km (79 miles). Exact location of event, depth 127.28 km, 141.4426° East, 41.8306° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000ix5a. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ix5a. The temblor was detected at 23:51:14 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Date (c. 35 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Tomakomai, Date.

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 seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km E of Hakodate, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.4426° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.8306° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km E of Hakodate, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-24 14:51:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-24 15:03:43 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 326 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 1.078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us2000ix5a Id of event.
Event Code 2000ix5a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ix5a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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