Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Tomioka in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 132 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan (82 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 08:39:18 / July 10, 2024 @ 8:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, 142.4565° East, 37.0216° North, depth 15.841 km. Unique identifier: us7000my8n. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000my8n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:39:18 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.841 km (10 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 132 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.4565° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.0216° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.841 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	132 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-10 08:39:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-10 09:09:05	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	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.443	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	127	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	us7000my8n	Id of event.
Event Code	7000my8n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000my8n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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