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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Makurazaki in Japan


Earthquake location 30.9947S, 130.3418WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan. Id of earthquake: us6000myzz. Event ids that are associated: us6000myzz. Exact location of event, longitude 130.3418 East, latitude 30.9947 North, depth = 140.962 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 140.962 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:29:35 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 18:29:35 / May 10, 2024 @ 6:29 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Satsumasendai, Kokubu-matsuki, Shibushi (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 30 km S of Makurazaki, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.3418° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.9947° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.962 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km S 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 2024-05-10 18:29:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 16:28:58 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 86 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.522 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us6000myzz Id of event.
Event Code 6000myzz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myzz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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