Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Namie in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Namie in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.05 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 14:51:05 / February 13, 2021 @ 2:51 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 141.5051 East, latitude 37.6301 North, depth = 52.05 km. The temblor was detected at 14:51:05 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000djdd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000djdd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kōriyama, Tomiya, Motomiya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 47 km ENE of Namie, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.5051° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.6301° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47 km ENE of Namie, 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 14:51:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-20 20:46:14	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	369	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	2.85	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	185	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	us6000djdd	Id of event.
Event Code	6000djdd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000djdd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.5051° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.6301° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

52.05 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

47 km ENE of Namie, 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 14:51:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-20 20:46:14

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

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

369

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.85

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.83 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

185

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000djdd

Id of event.

Event Code

6000djdd

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000djdd,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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