Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Onagawa Chō in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 01:49:29 / October 6, 2024 @ 1:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.872 East, latitude 37.993 North, depth = 52.504 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:49:29 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nn48. Event ids that are associated: us7000nn48. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.504 km (33 miles).

Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kakuda, Namie, Kogota (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 62 km SE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.872° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.993° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.504 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km SE of Onagawa Chō, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-06 01:49:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-25 21:39:15	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.862	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	134	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	us7000nn48	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nn48	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nn48,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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