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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hasaki in Japan


Earthquake location 36.2496S, 141.6292WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hasaki in Japan on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:33:35 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.13 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 00:33:35 / June 22, 2024 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6292 East, latitude 36.2496 North, depth = 34.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mtvq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtvq.

Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hasaki (c. 39 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Funaishikawa (c. 35 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ōarai (c. 19 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Funaishikawa, Takahagi, Hitachi.

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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. 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: 91 km NE of Hasaki, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.6292° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2496° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km NE of Hasaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 00:33:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-22 01:11:26 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 326 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.775 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us7000mtvq Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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