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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Hirara in Japan

Posted by admin on December 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 26.6395S, 124.8588WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 208 km NNW of Hirara, Japan (129 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nxln. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxln. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:31 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 256.448 km (159 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 04:08:31 / November 25, 2024 @ 4:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.8588 East, latitude 26.6395 North, depth = 256.448 km.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 208 km NNW of Hirara, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.8588° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.6395° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 256.448 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 208 km NNW of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-25 04:08:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 00:50:09 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 259 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.32 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 70 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 us7000nxln Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxln An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxln, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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