Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Yawatahama in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Yawatahama in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.372 km (32 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nygq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nygq. The temblor was picked up at 16:24:15 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 16:24:15 / November 30, 2024 @ 4:24 pm. Exact location of event, depth 51.372 km, 132.4044° East, 33.3736° North.

Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Iwakuni (c. 104 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bungo-Takada-shi, Iwakuni, Kudamatsu.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 9 km SSW of Yawatahama, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.4044° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.3736° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.372 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SSW of Yawatahama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-30 16:24:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-21 21:51:16	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.28	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	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	us7000nygq	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nygq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nygq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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