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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Oshino in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Oshino in Japan. Id of earthquake: us6000nnz4. Event ids that are associated: us6000nnz4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.508 km (24 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 02:28:41 / September 1, 2024 @ 2:28 am. Exact location of event, depth 38.508 km, 138.95° East, 35.4991° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:28:41 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suwa, Funabashi, Noda (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 9 km ENE of Oshino, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	138.95° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.4991° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.508 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km ENE of Oshino, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-01 02:28:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-01 03:12:45	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	312	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.207	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	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	us6000nnz4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nnz4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nnz4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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