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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Shizunai-furukawachō in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō in Japan on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 00:30:23 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 00:30:23 / November 17, 2024 @ 12:30 am. Exact location of event, depth 106.077 km, 142.6002° East, 42.3884° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.077 km (66 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns82. Id of event: us7000ns82. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitose, Tomakomai, Otofuke (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).

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

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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. 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: 20 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.6002° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.3884° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	106.077 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-17 00:30:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-17 00:42:51	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	271	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.557	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us7000ns82	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ns82	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ns82,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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