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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Noda in Japan


Earthquake location 40.3126S, 142.3223WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Noda in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.218 km (33 miles). Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 19:36:26 / October 29, 2024 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:36:26 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.3223 East, latitude 40.3126 North, depth = 53.218 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnwi. Unique identifier: us7000nnwi.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misawa, Ichinohe, Miyako (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km ENE of Noda, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.3223° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3126° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.218 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km ENE of Noda, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-29 19:36:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 20:20:10 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us7000nnwi Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnwi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnwi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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