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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Hachinohe in Japan

Posted by admin on September 13, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.7258S, 142.6026WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 34.32 km, 142.6026° East, 40.7258° North. Unique identifier: us7000bmne. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bmne. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.32 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 13/09/20 / 2020-09-13 10:44:42 / September 13, 2020 @ 10:44 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:44:42 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hachinohe. Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 96 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.6026° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7258° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-13 10:44:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-13 10:58:55 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 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 1.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us7000bmne Id of event.
Event Code 7000bmne An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bmne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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