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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Nichinan in Japan


Earthquake location 31.6008S, 131.7308WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Nichinan in Japan on Monday. The temblor was detected at 14:25:40 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 14:25:40 / September 16, 2024 @ 2:25 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ne90. Id of event: us7000ne90. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 131.7308° East, 31.6008° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tarumizu, Hamanoichi, Kokubu-matsuki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 34 km E of Nichinan, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.7308° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km E 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 2024-09-16 14:25:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 15:26:46 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 340 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.095 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000ne90 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne90 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ne90, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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