Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Misawa in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/21 / 2021-02-26 11:31:35 / February 26, 2021 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:31:35 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.69 km (40 miles). Exact location of event, depth 63.69 km, 142.0725° East, 41.0479° North. Id of earthquake: us7000ddv8. Event ids that are associated: us7000ddv8.

The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Mutsu, Misawa (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km NE of Misawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.0725° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.0479° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	70 km NE of Misawa, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-26 11:31:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-26 12:10:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	355	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	0.806	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	117	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	us7000ddv8	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ddv8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ddv8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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