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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Wada in Japan


Earthquake location 34.9247S, 139.9946WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Wada in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:02:08 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 07:02:08 / November 13, 2024 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 139.9946 East, latitude 34.9247 North, depth = 97.178 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nria. Unique identifier: us7000nria. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.178 km (60 miles).

The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kamirenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Hakone.

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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 12 km S of Wada, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.9946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9247° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.178 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km S of Wada, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-13 07:02:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-13 07:50:45 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 1.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us7000nria Id of event.
Event Code 7000nria An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nria, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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