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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Namie in Japan


Earthquake location 37.6118S, 141.673WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Namie in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000dgvn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dgvn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.46 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/03/21 / 2021-03-07 12:44:27 / March 7, 2021 @ 12:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 141.673° East, 37.6118° North, depth 60.46 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:44:27 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kakuda (c. 33 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Marumori (c. 16 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwanuma, Kakuda, Marumori (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 61 km ENE of Namie, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.673° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6118° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 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 2021-03-07 12:44:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-07 13:08:28 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 271 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 2.968 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000dgvn Id of event.
Event Code 7000dgvn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dgvn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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