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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Ami in Japan


Earthquake location 36.0674S, 140.2565WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ami in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 63.57 km, 140.2565° East, 36.0674° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:27:42 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 63.57 km (40 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/20 / 2020-12-07 10:27:42 / December 7, 2020 @ 10:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cnt8. Unique identifier: us7000cnt8.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sakai-nakajima, Fussa, Ōhara. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 6 km NE of Ami, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.2565° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0674° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NE of Ami, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-07 10:27:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-07 12:15:36 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 1.72 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 us7000cnt8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cnt8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cnt8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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