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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 79 km S of Miyakojima, Japan


Earthquake location 24.0793S, 125.1869WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Miyakojima in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 22:09:54 / September 27, 2024 @ 10:09 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:09:54 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 125.1869° East, 24.0793° North, depth 26.383 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzki. Id of event: us6000nzki. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.383 km (16 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km S of Miyakojima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1869° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0793° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.383 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km S 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 2024-09-27 22:09:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-22 00:49:28 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 284 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.919 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000nzki Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzki An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzki, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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