Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Nemuro in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.773 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.1759 East, latitude 43.3789 North, depth = 66.773 km. The temblor was detected at 14:03:52 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n7el. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7el. Global time and date of event 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 14:03:52 / July 31, 2024 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 49 km E of Nemuro, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	146.1759° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.3789° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.773 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49 km E of Nemuro, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-31 14:03:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-29 13:40:17	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.609	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	132	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	us7000n7el	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7el	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7el,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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