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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Bonin Islands, Japan region

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Earthquake location 27.8906S, 140.1353WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 03:55:07 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 347.899 km (216 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/24 / 2024-10-21 03:55:07 / October 21, 2024 @ 3:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 347.899 km, 140.1353° East, 27.8906° North. Id of earthquake: us6000nzz4. Event ids that are associated: us6000nzz4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Bonin Islands, Japan region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.1353° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8906° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 347.899 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Bonin Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-21 03:55:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-22 00:22:23 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 271 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 1.985 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us6000nzz4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzz4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzz4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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