Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Hasaki in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 141.6469 East, latitude 35.948 North, depth = 34.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.78 km (22 miles). Event id: us7000nr91. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nr91. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:52:34 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/24 / 2024-11-11 19:52:34 / November 11, 2024 @ 7:52 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashima-shi, Hasaki. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hasaki (c. 39 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 77 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.6469° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.948° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	77 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-11 19:52:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-01 13:59:58	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.846	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	135	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	us7000nr91	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nr91	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nr91,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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