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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Akkeshi in Japan


Earthquake location 42.8016S, 145.1759WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Akkeshi in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.566 km (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/24 / 2024-10-19 23:37:48 / October 19, 2024 @ 11:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 145.1759° East, 42.8016° North, depth 113.566 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:37:48 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nzt2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzt2.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Kushiro, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 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 sixteen 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. Every 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km SE of Akkeshi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.1759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.8016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.566 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SE of Akkeshi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-19 23:37:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-19 23:59:28 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us6000nzt2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzt2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzt2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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