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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Arai in Japan


Earthquake location 34.0127S, 137.6339WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Arai in Japan. Global time and date of event 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 07:46:27 / July 18, 2024 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 323.043 km (201 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:46:27 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mzyp. Event ids that are associated: us7000mzyp. Exact location of event, depth 323.043 km, 137.6339° East, 34.0127° North.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toba, Hamakita, Toyohashi. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Toyohashi (c. 378 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Iwata (c. 88 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hamakita (c. 86 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fukuroi (c. 63 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kosai-shi (c. 43 700 pop).

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 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 nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 74 km S of Arai, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.6339° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 323.043 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km S of Arai, 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 07:46:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 05:40:43 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 246 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000mzyp Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzyp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzyp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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