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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Shimokizukuri in Japan


Earthquake location 40.961S, 140WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Shimokizukuri in Japan. Unique identifier: us6000a66y. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a66y. The temblor was reported at 21:50:43 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). 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 140.07 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 21:50:43 / June 4, 2020 @ 9:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 140° East, 40.961° North, depth 140.07 km.

The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Noshiromachi (c. 51 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kuroishi (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōdate, Takanosu, Noshiromachi (min 5000 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km WNW of Shimokizukuri, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.961° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km WNW of Shimokizukuri, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-04 21:50:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-04 22:04:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 0.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000a66y Id of event.
Event Code 6000a66y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a66y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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