Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Katsuren-haebaru in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000ng7y. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng7y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 01:42:00 / September 15, 2024 @ 1:42 am. The temblor was reported at 01:42:00 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.403 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4673 East, latitude 25.9698 North, depth = 17.403 km.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku.

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	128.4673° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	25.9698° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.403 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-15 01:42:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-26 01:09:39	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	312	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.88	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	79	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	us7000ng7y	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ng7y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ng7y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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