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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Tateyama in Japan


Earthquake location 33.6213S, 140.6947WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan (105 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.89 km (39 miles). Event id: us6000c8j7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c8j7. Exact location of event, depth 62.89 km, 140.6947° East, 33.6213° North. Global time and date of event 11/10/20 / 2020-10-11 04:30:20 / October 11, 2020 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:30:20 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6947° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.6213° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-11 04:30:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-15 23:15:01 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 298 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 0.912 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us6000c8j7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c8j7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c8j7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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