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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Koseda in Japan


Earthquake location 30.3642S, 130.8781WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.986 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 16:34:17 / May 4, 2024 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 20.986 km, 130.8781° East, 30.3642° North. Unique identifier: us6000mxrd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxrd. The temblor was reported at 16:34:17 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km E of Koseda, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.8781° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.3642° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km E 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 2024-05-04 16:34:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-29 20:36:06 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.199 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000mxrd Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxrd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxrd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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