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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Koseda in Japan

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 30.072S, 131.0841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 06:26:24 / May 6, 2024 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.301 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mwmv. Event ids that are associated: us6000mwmv. Exact location, longitude 131.0841° East, latitude 30.072° North, depth = 26.301 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:26:24 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SE of Koseda, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.072° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.301 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km SE of Koseda, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-06 06:26:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 15:39:57 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 354 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.532 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000mwmv Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwmv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwmv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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