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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Shimukappu in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Shimukappu in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/24 / 2024-09-14 04:46:07 / September 14, 2024 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.211 km (68 miles). Event id: us7000ndqy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndqy. Exact location of event, longitude 142.6005 East, latitude 42.7119 North, depth = 110.211 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:46:07 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashibetsu, Bibai, Kitahiroshima (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SSE of Shimukappu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.6005° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.7119° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	110.211 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km SSE of Shimukappu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-14 04:46:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-14 05:18:49	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	298	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.809	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	94	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	us7000ndqy	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ndqy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ndqy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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