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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Makurazaki in Japan


Earthquake location 31.1499S, 130.2549WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 05:41:41 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.2549 East, latitude 31.1499 North, depth = 154.08 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bd51. Id of event: us6000bd51. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/20 / 2020-08-12 05:41:41 / August 12, 2020 @ 5:41 am. 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 154.08 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sueyoshichō-ninokata, Shibushi, Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 14 km SSW of Makurazaki, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.2549° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.1499° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 154.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSW of Makurazaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-12 05:41:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-12 06:25:27 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 298 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 0.396 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us6000bd51 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bd51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bd51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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