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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Nobeoka in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nobeoka in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 14:12:02 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70008qdk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qdk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.34 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 132.091° East, latitude 32.5775° North, depth = 42.34 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 05:12:02 / April 7, 2020 @ 5:12 am.

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyazaki-shi, Beppu, Kihoku-chō (min 5000 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Every 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km E of Nobeoka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.091° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.5775° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km E of Nobeoka, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-07 05:12:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-07 05:30:27	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	354	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	1.752	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us70008qdk	Id of event.
Event Code	70008qdk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70008qdk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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