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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Yuasa in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Yuasa in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 34.611 km, 135.262° East, 34.0197° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz4u. Id of event: us7000nz4u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.611 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 19:37:58 / December 15, 2024 @ 7:37 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:37:58 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sandachō, Hirakata, Ibaraki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hirakata (c. 406 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Toyonaka (c. 384 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 7 km ESE of Yuasa, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	135.262° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.0197° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.611 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km ESE of Yuasa, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-15 19:37:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-15 20:06:30	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	312	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	1.188	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	us7000nz4u	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nz4u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nz4u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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