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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 32 km SE of Hasaki, Japan


Earthquake location 35.5553S, 141.1251WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Hasaki in Japan on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:13:16 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.819 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nxwf. Event ids that are associated: us7000nxwf. Global time and date of event 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 19:13:16 / November 27, 2024 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 141.1251° East, 35.5553° North, depth 36.819 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ryūgasaki, Chiba, Yotsukaidō (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yotsukaidō (c. 86 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ryūgasaki (c. 85 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km SE of Hasaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.1251° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5553° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.819 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SE 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 2024-11-27 19:13:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 17:45:56 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 271 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us7000nxwf Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxwf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxwf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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