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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Koshima in Japan


Earthquake location 30.0623S, 131.0184WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Koshima in Japan on Monday. Exact location, longitude 131.0184° East, latitude 30.0623° North, depth = 35.385 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:53 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 11:52:53 / October 14, 2024 @ 11:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nyk6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyk6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.385 km (22 miles).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km ESE of Koshima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.0184° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.0623° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.385 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km ESE 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 2024-10-14 11:52:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 12:31:11 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 369 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.522 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000nyk6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyk6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyk6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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