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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Shiranuka in Japan


Earthquake location 42.9196S, 144.0315WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Shiranuka in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 122.386 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n81b. Id of event: us7000n81b. Exact location of event, longitude 144.0315 East, latitude 42.9196 North, depth = 122.386 km. The temblor was detected at 23:02:12 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 23:02:12 / August 19, 2024 @ 11:02 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitami, Otofuke, Obihiro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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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: 6 km SW of Shiranuka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.0315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.9196° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.386 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW of Shiranuka, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-19 23:02:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 23:23:54 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 340 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us7000n81b Id of event.
Event Code 7000n81b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n81b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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