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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag has occurred near Hakui in Japan


Earthquake location 37.0718S, 136.4671WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Hakui in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 136.4671° East, 37.0718° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 13:47:03 / November 26, 2024 @ 1:47 pm. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:47:03 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000nu90. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu90.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Itoigawa, Ono, Fukui-shi.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

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: 35 km NW of Hakui, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.4671° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NW 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 13:47:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 14:07:13 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 6.329 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 572 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 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.49 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us7000nu90 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu90 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu90, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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