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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Hasaki in Japan


Earthquake location 35.6135S, 140.8064WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.795 km (38 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:50:47 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 60.795 km, 140.8064° East, 35.6135° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 22:50:47 / August 13, 2024 @ 10:50 pm. Event id: us6000npvy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npvy.

Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sōka, Noda, Yoshikawa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Hasaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.8064° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.795 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km S of Hasaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-13 22:50:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-06 03:20:55 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.299 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us6000npvy Id of event.
Event Code 6000npvy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npvy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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