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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 47 km ESE of Koseda, Japan

Posted by admin on February 28, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.1709S, 131.0769WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.22 km (20 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/21 / 2021-02-28 14:30:16 / February 28, 2021 @ 2:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 131.0769° East, 30.1709° North, depth 32.22 km. Event id: us7000decy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000decy. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:30:16 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).

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 six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km ESE of Koseda, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0769° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.1709° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 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 2021-02-28 14:30:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-28 14:54:16 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 1.438 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000decy Id of event.
Event Code 7000decy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000decy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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