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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Noda in Japan


Earthquake location 40.1205S, 142.2621WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Noda in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 20:37:07 / October 29, 2024 @ 8:37 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.079 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 60.079 km, 142.2621° East, 40.1205° North. The temblor was detected at 20:37:07 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ns14. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns14.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōtsuchi, Ichinohe, Yamada (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, 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.

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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: 37 km E of Noda, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.2621° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.079 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km E of Noda, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-29 20:37:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 21:49:04 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 284 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us7000ns14 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns14 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns14, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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