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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Katsuura in Japan


Earthquake location 33.4207S, 141.0604WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 203 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan (126 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/20 / 2020-11-25 16:57:24 / November 25, 2020 @ 4:57 pm UTC/GMT. 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 39.12 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000csk9. Unique identifier: us6000csk9. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:57:24 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 141.0604° East, 33.4207° North, depth 39.12 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 203 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.0604° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4207° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 203 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-25 16:57:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-25 17:34:02 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 284 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 1.087 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000csk9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000csk9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000csk9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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