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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Amagi in Japan

Posted by admin on November 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.1656S, 128.8118WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Amagi in Japan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8118 East, latitude 28.1656 North, depth = 84.476 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:19:12 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ns6i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns6i. The epicenter was at a depth of 84.476 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 16:19:12 / November 16, 2024 @ 4:19 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze.

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 five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km NNW of Amagi, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.8118° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.1656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.476 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km NNW of Amagi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-16 16:19:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-19 17:42:51 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 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us7000ns6i Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns6i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns6i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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