Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nishinoomote in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 05:07:56 / November 9, 2024 @ 5:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:07:56 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 131.266 East, latitude 30.6926 North, depth = 44.165 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.165 km (27 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nua3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nua3.

Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushima, Shibushi, Kanoya (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.266° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.6926° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.165 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-09 05:07:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-26 17:33:33	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.072	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us7000nua3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nua3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nua3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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