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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Miyako in Japan


Earthquake location 39.5965S, 143.3337WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 119 km E of Miyako, Japan (74 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.683 km (18 miles). Event id: us6000ni0i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ni0i. The temblor was detected at 06:06:03 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 06:06:03 / August 4, 2024 @ 6:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.3337 East, latitude 39.5965 North, depth = 28.683 km.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 119 km E of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.3337° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.5965° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.683 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119 km E of Miyako, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 06:06:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-04 06:41:10 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 259 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.42 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us6000ni0i Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni0i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni0i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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