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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Nago in Japan

Posted by admin on February 28, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.3707S, 128.659WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km NE of Nago, Japan (68 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.659 East, latitude 27.3707 North, depth = 41.72 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:52:21 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.72 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/19 / 2019-02-28 17:52:21 / February 28, 2019 @ 5:52 pm. Event id: us1000j8sj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j8sj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km NE of Nago, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.659° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3707° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 110km NE of Nago, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-28 17:52:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-28 23:26:32 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 0.634 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us1000j8sj Id of event.
Event Code 1000j8sj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000j8sj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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