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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Ōarai in Japan

Posted by admin on November 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.3155S, 141.2801WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Ōarai in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 13:48:50 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrcd. Id of event: us7000nrcd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/24 / 2024-11-12 13:48:50 / November 12, 2024 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.2801 East, latitude 36.3155 North, depth = 38.636 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.636 km (24 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Edosaki, Yōkaichiba, Inashiki (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km E of Ōarai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.2801° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3155° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.636 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km E of Ōarai, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-12 13:48:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-12 17:19:14 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.487 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us7000nrcd Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrcd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrcd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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