Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Matsuyama in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Matsuyama in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.511 km (26 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8vp. Id of event: us6000n8vp. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:03:59 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 05:03:59 / June 21, 2024 @ 5:03 am. Exact location, longitude 132.6894° East, latitude 33.905° North, depth = 41.511 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kan’onjichō, Shin’ichi, Fuchūchō (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Hiroshima-shi (c. 1 143 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fukuyama (c. 383 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kōchi-shi (c. 335 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kure (c. 196 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Niihama (c. 123 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NW of Matsuyama, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.6894° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.905° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.511 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km NW of Matsuyama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-21 05:03:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-10 09:49:05	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	259	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	1.003	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us6000n8vp	Id of event.
Event Code	6000n8vp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000n8vp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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