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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 62 km SSE of Koshima, Japan


Earthquake location 29.6915S, 130.6911WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 62 km SSE of Koshima, Japan (39 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/09/24 / 2024-09-24 00:38:04 / September 24, 2024 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:38:04 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 130.6911 East, latitude 29.6915 North, depth = 37.743 km. Unique identifier: us6000ntzs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntzs. 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 37.743 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 62 km SSE of Koshima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.6911° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.6915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.743 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km SSE of Koshima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-24 00:38:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-24 00:55:09 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 326 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us6000ntzs Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntzs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntzs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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