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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 41 km ESE of Koseda, Japan

Posted by admin on February 20, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.2475S, 131.0524WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 131.0524° East, 30.2475° North, depth 39.16 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 01:25:17 / February 13, 2021 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000djcq. Id of event: us6000djcq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.16 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:25:17 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 41 km ESE of Koseda, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0524° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.2475° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE of Koseda, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-13 01:25:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-20 02:14:04 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 1.359 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us6000djcq Id of event.
Event Code 6000djcq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djcq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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