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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Yūki in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Yūki in Japan on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 13:11:18 / December 17, 2024 @ 1:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.893 km (48 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:11:18 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 76.893 km, 139.8798° East, 36.3047° North. Event id: us7000nzj3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzj3.

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōami, Asahi, Tōgane (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 0 km NNW of Yūki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	139.8798° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.3047° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	76.893 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0 km NNW of Yūki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-17 13:11:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-17 16:24:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	128	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.368	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	us7000nzj3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nzj3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nzj3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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