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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Naze in Japan


Earthquake location 27.6898S, 129.981WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Naze in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 20:41:58 / October 25, 2024 @ 8:41 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.981° East, 27.6898° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrku. Id of event: us7000nrku. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:41:58 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze.

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 89 km SSE of Naze, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.981° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.6898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km SSE of Naze, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-25 20:41:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 18:42:29 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 246 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.742 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us7000nrku Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrku An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrku, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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