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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Shikotan in Russia

Posted by admin on June 10, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.5623S, 146.5493WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/19 / 2019-06-10 17:18:57 / June 10, 2019 @ 5:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003xsm. Id of event: us70003xsm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.62 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 146.5493° East, 43.5623° North, depth 43.62 km. The temblor was reported at 04:18:57 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.5493° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.5623° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km SSW of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-10 17:18:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-10 21:38:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 369 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 2.916 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us70003xsm Id of event.
Event Code 70003xsm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003xsm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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