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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Volcano Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 25.5146S, 143.0367WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 21:19:38 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 143.0367° East, 25.5146° North, depth 13.961 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nuwz. Unique identifier: us7000nuwz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 21:19:38 / November 13, 2024 @ 9:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.961 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Volcano Islands, Japan region. 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 143.0367° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.5146° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.961 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Volcano Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-13 21:19:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 04:32:43 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.751 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us7000nuwz Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuwz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuwz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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