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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 20 km WSW of Ichinohe, Japan


Earthquake location 40.142S, 141.0768WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ichinohe in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.23 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:58:39 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 15:58:39 / July 27, 2024 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.23 km, 141.0768° East, 40.142° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngd3. Id of event: us6000ngd3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akita Shi, Kitakami, Shimokizukuri (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km WSW of Ichinohe, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.0768° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.142° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WSW of Ichinohe, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-27 15:58:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 21:26:15 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 312 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 122 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.444 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 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 us6000ngd3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngd3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngd3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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