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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 87 km E of Namie, Japan


Earthquake location 37.5886S, 141.976WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Namie in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 01:46:51 / June 28, 2024 @ 1:46 am. Exact location, longitude 141.976° East, latitude 37.5886° North, depth = 33.86 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8ss. Id of event: us6000n8ss. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.86 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:46:51 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km E of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.976° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5886° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km E of Namie, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-28 01:46:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-28 02:13:36 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 369 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 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 us6000n8ss Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8ss An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8ss, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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