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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Yamada in Japan


Earthquake location 39.4512S, 142.6479WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Yamada in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/19 / 2019-09-16 12:43:59 / September 16, 2019 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:43:59 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 47.7 km, 142.6479° East, 39.4512° North. Id of earthquake: us70005h0t. Event ids that are associated: us70005h0t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.7 km (30 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tōno, Ōfunato, Kamaishi.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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 quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 60 km E of Yamada, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.6479° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4512° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km E of Yamada, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-16 12:43:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-16 13:33:12 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 340 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 1.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us70005h0t Id of event.
Event Code 70005h0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005h0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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