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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tomioka in Japan

Posted by admin on November 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.375S, 141.9942WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tomioka in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9942 East, latitude 37.375 North, depth = 44.957 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.957 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nuaf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nuaf. The temblor was picked up at 12:17:31 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 12:17:31 / November 9, 2024 @ 12:17 pm.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km E of Tomioka, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9942° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.957 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km E of Tomioka, 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 12:17:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 11:16:24 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us7000nuaf Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuaf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuaf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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