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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Onagawa Chō in Japan


Earthquake location 38.3536S, 141.9088WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:03:32 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.09 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nqzl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqzl. Exact location of event, depth 58.09 km, 141.9088° East, 38.3536° North. Global time and date of event 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 09:03:32 / November 10, 2024 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinoseki, Sendai, Sendai-shi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 41 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9088° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3536° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-10 09:03:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 02:31:01 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.519 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us7000nqzl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqzl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqzl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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