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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tateyama in Japan


Earthquake location 33.1535S, 140.6841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan (134 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:27:11 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.6841 East, latitude 33.1535 North, depth = 66.105 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mqng. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqng. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 15:27:11 / May 30, 2024 @ 3:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.105 km (41 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1535° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.105 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-30 15:27:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 16:14:28 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.731 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us7000mqng Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqng An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqng, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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