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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Nichinan in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 131.6109° East, 31.6553° North, depth 53.247 km. Event id: us7000msy5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msy5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 06:57:24 / June 17, 2024 @ 6:57 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:57:24 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.247 km (33 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kagoshima-shi, Kajiki, Tarumizu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop).

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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 23 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.6109° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.6553° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.247 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-17 06:57:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-17 09:24:53	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	354	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	76	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.999	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us7000msy5	Id of event.
Event Code	7000msy5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000msy5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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