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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Hakui in Japan


Earthquake location 37.0257S, 136.4128WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hakui in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 17:19:47 / November 26, 2024 @ 5:19 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000nub4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nub4. Exact location of event, longitude 136.4128 East, latitude 37.0257 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:19:47 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maruoka, Nyūzen, Mikuni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km WNW of Hakui, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.4128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km WNW of Hakui, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-26 17:19:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 17:46:04 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 99 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us7000nub4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nub4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nub4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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