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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nichinan in Japan


Earthquake location 31.4414S, 131.8052WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.8052 East, latitude 31.4414 North, depth = 43.119 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 43.119 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 21:48:13 / August 11, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npi5. Id of event: us6000npi5. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:13 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kanoya, Tsuma, Takanabe. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Takanabe (c. 22 500 pop).

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

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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: 45 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.8052° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.4414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.119 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-11 21:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-03 22:57:29 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 271 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us6000npi5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000npi5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npi5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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