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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Omigawa in Japan


Earthquake location 35.8121S, 140.6481WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Omigawa in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 23:31:31 / November 3, 2024 @ 11:31 pm. Unique identifier: us6000p6lf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6lf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.6481 East, latitude 35.8121 North, depth = 62.253 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:31:31 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.253 km (39 miles).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Koga, Wako, Kurihashi (min 5000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km SE of Omigawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6481° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.253 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SE of Omigawa, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-03 23:31:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-27 04:13:08 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 284 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.103 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000p6lf Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6lf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6lf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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