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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Hachinohe in Japan


Earthquake location 40.743S, 142.5418WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. The temblor was detected at 07:35:12 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.82 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60004uuu. Event ids that are associated: us60004uuu. Exact location of event, longitude 142.5418 East, latitude 40.743 North, depth = 52.82 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 21:35:12 / July 15, 2019 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.5418° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.743° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-15 21:35:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-25 22:41:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 284 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 1.122 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us60004uuu Id of event.
Event Code 60004uuu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004uuu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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