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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Uwajima in Japan


Earthquake location 33.2342S, 132.3067WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Uwajima in Japan. Exact location, longitude 132.3067° East, latitude 33.2342° North, depth = 45.313 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 19:02:03 / May 31, 2024 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.313 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpbk. Unique identifier: us7000mpbk. The temblor was detected at 19:02:03 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kudamatsu, Nobeoka, Hōjō (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kudamatsu (c. 52 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 23 km W of Uwajima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 132.3067° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2342° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.313 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km W of Uwajima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-31 19:02:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-31 21:29:17 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 340 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.402 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us7000mpbk Id of event.
Event Code 7000mpbk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mpbk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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