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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Rumoi in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Rumoi in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.96 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000c9el. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000c9el. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/20 / 2020-11-02 20:18:17 / November 2, 2020 @ 8:18 pm. Exact location, longitude 141.8476° East, latitude 43.842° North, depth = 202.96 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:18:17 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter).

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 Ebetsu, Ishikari, Nayoro. Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ishikari (c. 57 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Takikawa (c. 45 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bibai (c. 29 000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 19 km ESE of Rumoi, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.8476° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.842° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	202.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km ESE of Rumoi, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-02 20:18:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-02 21:45:44	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	0.605	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us7000c9el	Id of event.
Event Code	7000c9el	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000c9el,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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