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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Katsuren-haebaru in Japan


Earthquake location 26.0079S, 128.6167WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan on Monday. Global time and date of event 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 19:23:49 / April 29, 2024 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mv0x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mv0x. Exact location, longitude 128.6167° East, latitude 26.0079° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:23:49 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Ishikawa, Chatan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru (c. 34 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chatan (c. 27 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 82 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.6167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.0079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-29 19:23:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 21:58:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us6000mv0x Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv0x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv0x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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