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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Ushiku in Japan


Earthquake location 35.9951S, 140.0946WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 140.0946° East, 35.9951° North, depth 77.994 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 15:17:35 / July 18, 2024 @ 3:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n00u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n00u. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:35 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.994 km (48 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nikkō, Tamamura, Hayama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 4 km NW of Ushiku, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.0946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9951° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.994 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NW of Ushiku, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-18 15:17:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-18 18:08:47 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 298 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.618 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 158 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 us7000n00u Id of event.
Event Code 7000n00u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n00u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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