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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Volcano Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 23.1051S, 142.971WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/21 / 2021-02-27 08:20:55 / February 27, 2021 @ 8:20 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:20:55 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000de4g. Unique identifier: us7000de4g. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.971 East, latitude 23.1051 North, depth = 114.54 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.54 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: Volcano Islands, Japan region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.971° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.1051° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Volcano Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-27 08:20:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-27 08:39:42 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 354 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 4.036 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000de4g Id of event.
Event Code 7000de4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000de4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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