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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Miyakojima in Japan

Posted by admin on October 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.3287S, 125.6235WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Miyakojima in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 18:49:05 / October 15, 2024 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:49:05 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.6235° East, 24.3287° North, depth 27.291 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.291 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nyw7. Event ids that are associated: us6000nyw7.

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara.

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 nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 60 km SSE of Miyakojima, 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 125.6235° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.3287° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.291 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km SSE of Miyakojima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-15 18:49:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-15 19:52:42 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us6000nyw7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyw7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyw7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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