Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Makurazaki in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 146.173 km, 130.4061° East, 31.0874° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 04:26:46 / May 27, 2024 @ 4:26 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mq25. Unique identifier: us7000mq25. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:26:46 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 146.173 km (91 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushima, Sueyoshichō-ninokata, Satsumasendai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 21 km SSE of Makurazaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.4061° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.0874° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	146.173 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km SSE of Makurazaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-27 04:26:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-03 23:08:20	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	259	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.422	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us7000mq25	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mq25	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mq25,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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