Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Honchō in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Honchō in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:40:04 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 142.935° East, 42.0226° North, depth 76.77 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nurn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nurn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 14:40:04 / November 28, 2024 @ 2:40 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).

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

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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: 11 km S of Honchō, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.935° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.0226° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	76.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km S of Honchō, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-28 14:40:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 15:15:05	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.166	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	us7000nurn	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nurn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nurn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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