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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Bonin Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 27.8104S, 142.8979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Global time and date of event 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 20:25:50 / July 20, 2024 @ 8:25 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000nhe9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhe9. Exact location, longitude 142.8979° East, latitude 27.8104° North, depth = 17.607 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.607 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:25:50 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Bonin Islands, Japan region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.8979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8104° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.607 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Bonin Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-20 20:25:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-02 01:17:43 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 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.953 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000nhe9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhe9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhe9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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