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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Shima in Japan


Earthquake location 33.8715S, 137.2066WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Shima in Japan on Monday. The temblor was detected at 06:49:47 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000p7jc. Event ids that are associated: us6000p7jc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 339.73 km (211 miles). Global time and date of event 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 06:49:47 / November 25, 2024 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 339.73 km, 137.2066° East, 33.8715° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Ise (c. 97 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tahara (c. 38 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Toba (c. 23 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tahara, Ise, Toba.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km SE of Shima, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.2066° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.8715° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 339.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SE of Shima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-25 06:49:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-25 07:11:46 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 110 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.482 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us6000p7jc Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7jc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7jc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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