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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Koseda in Japan


Earthquake location 30.4144S, 130.7834WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Sunday. Event id: us7000nvnq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvnq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.812 km (27 miles). Exact location of event, depth 42.812 km, 130.7834° East, 30.4144° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:09:15 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/24 / 2024-11-17 10:09:15 / November 17, 2024 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ibusuki, Nishinoomote. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ENE of Koseda, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.7834° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.4144° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.812 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ENE of Koseda, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-17 10:09:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-08 04:15:10 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 298 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 1.128 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us7000nvnq Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvnq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvnq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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