Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Niikappu in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Niikappu in Japan on Thursday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:18:47 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.444 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000numc. Event ids that are associated: us7000numc. Exact location of event, depth 108.444 km, 142.1734° East, 42.4022° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 02:18:47 / November 28, 2024 @ 2:18 am.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitahiroshima, Shiraoi, Chitose (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shiraoi (c. 20 800 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 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: 13 km WNW of Niikappu, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.1734° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.4022° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	108.444 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km WNW of Niikappu, 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 02:18:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-18 01:07:55	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	259	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.827	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us7000numc	Id of event.
Event Code	7000numc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000numc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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