Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 34 km ESE of Muroran, Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Muroran in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:57:49 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000agqf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000agqf. Exact location of event, depth 132.58 km, 141.3542° East, 42.174° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.58 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/06/20 / 2020-06-26 11:57:49 / June 26, 2020 @ 11:57 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kitahiroshima, Shizunai-furukawachō, Chitose (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km ESE of Muroran, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.3542° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.174° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	132.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km ESE of Muroran, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-26 11:57:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-20 05:40:29	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	1.4	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.45 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	167	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	us7000agqf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000agqf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000agqf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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