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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 41 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan


Earthquake location 42.9556S, 145.4577WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 93.417 km (58 miles). Exact location, longitude 145.4577° East, latitude 42.9556° North, depth = 93.417 km. The temblor was reported at 13:12:53 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000np6i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np6i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 13:12:53 / October 31, 2024 @ 1:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro.

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 41 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.4577° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.9556° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.417 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-31 13:12:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 14:22:24 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.944 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000np6i Id of event.
Event Code 7000np6i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np6i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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