Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Shizunai in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 13:11:52 / April 12, 2020 @ 1:11 pm. Exact location of event, depth 52.59 km, 141.956° East, 41.7433° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.59 km (33 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:11:52 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008uuw. Unique identifier: us70008uuw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 80 km (49 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu, Shizunai-furukawachō. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km SSW of Shizunai, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.956° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.7433° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73km SSW of Shizunai, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-12 13:11:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-12 13:48:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	1.166	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	164	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	us70008uuw	Id of event.
Event Code	70008uuw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70008uuw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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