Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Onagawa Chō in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. The temblor was reported at 16:37:10 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my40. Id of event: us6000my40. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 16:37:10 / May 12, 2024 @ 4:37 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 64.302 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 141.5672° East, latitude 38.259° North, depth = 64.302 km.

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōfunato, Shiroishi, Ichinoseki (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.5672° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.259° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	64.302 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-12 16:37:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-12 17:31:38	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	271	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.557	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	us6000my40	Id of event.
Event Code	6000my40	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000my40,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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