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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 2 km SW of Inba, Japan


Earthquake location 35.7574S, 140.1841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Inba in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 140.1841 East, latitude 35.7574 North, depth = 64.223 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 10:16:35 / June 16, 2024 @ 10:16 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.223 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mssq. Unique identifier: us7000mssq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:16:35 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōta, Fukayachō, Ōiso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SW of Inba, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.1841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7574° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.223 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SW of Inba, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-16 10:16:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 10:36:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 312 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.78 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000mssq Id of event.
Event Code 7000mssq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mssq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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