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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Anamizu in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Anamizu in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 11:19:41 / October 9, 2024 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 137.4245 East, latitude 37.547 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:19:41 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nxhs. Event ids that are associated: us6000nxhs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toyama-shi, Takaoka, Kamiichi. Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Jōetsu (c. 204 100 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Uozu (c. 45 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Nanao (c. 45 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nishishinminato (c. 36 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km NE of Anamizu, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	137.4245° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.547° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km NE of Anamizu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-09 11:19:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-09 12:57:45	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.178	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	us6000nxhs	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nxhs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nxhs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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