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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Kajiki in Japan

Posted by admin on December 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.8188S, 130.6543WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Kajiki in Japan on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:55:51 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 07:55:51 / December 22, 2024 @ 7:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000p0ps. Event ids that are associated: us7000p0ps. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.551 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 130.6543 East, latitude 31.8188 North, depth = 174.551 km.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uto, Matsubase, Takanabe (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 N of Kajiki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.6543° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8188° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.551 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km N of Kajiki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-22 07:55:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-22 08:13:41 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 326 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.353 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us7000p0ps Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0ps An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0ps, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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