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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Otofuke in Japan


Earthquake location 43.1902S, 143.6908WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Otofuke in Japan on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:59:39 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/12/20 / 2020-12-05 05:59:39 / December 5, 2020 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.42 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 143.6908° East, latitude 43.1902° North, depth = 113.42 km. Id of earthquake: us7000cnc6. Event ids that are associated: us7000cnc6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bihoro, Kitami, Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twelve 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km ENE of Otofuke, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.6908° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.1902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km ENE of Otofuke, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-05 05:59:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-05 06:49:55 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 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 1.223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us7000cnc6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cnc6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cnc6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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