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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Rishiri Town in Japan

Posted by admin on October 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 44.8828S, 140.979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Rishiri Town in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.979 East, latitude 44.8828 North, depth = 262.43 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/20 / 2020-10-26 02:14:01 / October 26, 2020 @ 2:14 am. Event id: us6000cd55. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cd55. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 262.43 km (163 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:14:01 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby 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 Makubetsu, Wakkanai. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Wakkanai (c. 41 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Makubetsu (c. 25 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.8828° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 262.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-26 02:14:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-26 03:35:35 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 1.384 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000cd55 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cd55 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cd55, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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