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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Ie in Japan


Earthquake location 26.6433S, 127.8145WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ie in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 45.483 km, 127.8145° East, 26.6433° North. The temblor was reported at 06:41:43 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mrar. Event ids that are associated: us7000mrar. Global time and date of event 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 06:41:43 / June 9, 2024 @ 6:41 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.483 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Itoman, Tomigusuku, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Ie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.8145° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.6433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.483 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km S of Ie, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 06:41:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-09 08:42:00 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 298 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.452 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000mrar Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrar An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrar, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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