Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Anamizu in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 131 km WNW of Anamizu, Japan (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:13:20 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 358.97 km (223 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nrbt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrbt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 135.4869 East, latitude 37.5859 North, depth = 358.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/11/24 / 2024-11-12 08:13:20 / November 12, 2024 @ 8:13 am.

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 131 km WNW of Anamizu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	135.4869° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.5859° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	358.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	131 km WNW of Anamizu, 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 08:13:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-12 08:49:19	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	97	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.408	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	56	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	us7000nrbt	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nrbt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nrbt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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