Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Sapporo in Japan

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sapporo in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 00:19:25 / July 26, 2024 @ 12:19 am. Id of earthquake: us6000nj3l. Event ids that are associated: us6000nj3l. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:19:25 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 149.978 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 149.978 km, 141.3938° East, 43.1033° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fukagawa, Shimo-furano, Date (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 5 km NE of Sapporo, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.3938° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.1033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	149.978 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NE of Sapporo, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-26 00:19:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-21 23:29:07	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	234	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.697	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us6000nj3l	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nj3l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nj3l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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