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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Miyazaki in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:47:53 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 131.4443° East, latitude 31.9401° North, depth = 33.144 km. Event id: us6000niyp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niyp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.144 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 19:47:53 / August 8, 2024 @ 7:47 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 4 km (2 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tarumizu, Kanoya, Ōkuchi. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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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: 3 km NE of Miyazaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.4443° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.9401° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.144 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km NE of Miyazaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-08 19:47:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-09 15:24:22	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	284	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.573	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	124	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	us6000niyp	Id of event.
Event Code	6000niyp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000niyp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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