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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 15 km ESE of Shinmachi, Japan


Earthquake location 35.1566S, 140.5191WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Shinmachi in Japan on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 140.5191° East, latitude 35.1566° North, depth = 38.008 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:28 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000nqmh. Unique identifier: us7000nqmh. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.008 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 08:24:28 / October 20, 2024 @ 8:24 am.

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashiwa, Fujishiro, Toride (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Shinmachi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.5191° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.008 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km ESE of Shinmachi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-20 08:24:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 05:11:10 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 298 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.119 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000nqmh Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqmh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqmh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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