Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Yuza in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yuza in Japan on Tuesday. Event id: us6000n8al. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8al. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.599 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.9453 East, latitude 39.155 North, depth = 10.599 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 00:58:15 / June 11, 2024 @ 12:58 am. The temblor was detected at 00:58:15 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sagae, Higashine, Tennō. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Sakata (c. 100 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tsuruoka (c. 99 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Higashine (c. 45 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sagae (c. 43 500 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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: 15 km N of Yuza, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	139.9453° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.155° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.599 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km N of Yuza, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-11 00:58:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-09 04:51:47	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.845	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	153	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	us6000n8al	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8al	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8al,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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