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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Hiranai in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hiranai in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000p6hv. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6hv. Exact location of earthquake, 140.9842° East, 41.0522° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 06:40:15 / November 20, 2024 @ 6:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:40:15 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hanawa, Ichinohe, Nanae (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km N of Hiranai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.9842° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.0522° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km N of Hiranai, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-20 06:40:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-20 07:04:04	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	369	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	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.269	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 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	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000p6hv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p6hv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p6hv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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