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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Onagawa Chō in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nemz. Id of event: us6000nemz. Exact location of earthquake, 141.9848° East, 38.1964° North, depth 60.74 km. The temblor was reported at 23:27:11 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.74 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 23:27:11 / July 22, 2024 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kogota (c. 19 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Kogota.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.9848° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.1964° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	60.74 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-22 23:27:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-23 00:09:17	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.686	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us6000nemz	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nemz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nemz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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