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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 91 km S of Kushiro, Japan

Posted by admin on January 15, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.1597S, 144.2015WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Friday. The temblor was detected at 20:10:13 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 20:10:13 / January 15, 2021 @ 8:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000d0fs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d0fs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.32 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 144.2015° East, 42.1597° North, depth 39.32 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 91 km S of Kushiro, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.2015° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.1597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km S of Kushiro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-15 20:10:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-15 23:18:07 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 284 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 0.79 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us7000d0fs Id of event.
Event Code 7000d0fs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d0fs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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