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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Hasaki in Japan


Earthquake location 35.578S, 141.0927WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hasaki in Japan on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.931 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 14:40:53 / October 2, 2024 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhql. Unique identifier: us7000nhql. Exact location, longitude 141.0927° East, latitude 35.578° North, depth = 46.931 km. The temblor was reported at 14:40:53 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yotsukaidō (c. 86 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ryūgasaki (c. 85 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Okunoya, Naka, Toride. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 29 km SE of Hasaki, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.0927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.578° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.931 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km SE 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 2024-10-02 14:40:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-04 14:43:04 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.532 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000nhql Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhql An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhql, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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