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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mutsu in Japan


Earthquake location 41.4128S, 142.0682WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 08:11:17 / October 23, 2024 @ 8:11 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmku. Id of event: us7000nmku. Exact location of event, depth 66.635 km, 142.0682° East, 41.4128° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.635 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:11:17 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 72 km E of Mutsu, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.0682° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.4128° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.635 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km E of Mutsu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-23 08:11:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 07:34:09 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us7000nmku Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmku An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmku, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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