Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Volcano Islands, Japan region

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Monday. The temblor was reported at 19:44:20 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.696 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35.696 km, 143.8296° East, 22.9601° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n1aj. Id of event: us6000n1aj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 19:44:20 / May 20, 2024 @ 7:44 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Volcano Islands, Japan region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	143.8296° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	22.9601° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.696 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Volcano Islands, Japan region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-20 19:44:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-31 15:24:19	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	284	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	4.38	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	us6000n1aj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n1aj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n1aj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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