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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Yomogita in Japan

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.1111S, 140.6858WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Yomogita in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 140.6858° East, 41.1111° North, depth 123.122 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.122 km (77 miles). Global time and date of event 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 12:18:13 / November 26, 2024 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nu8k. Event ids that are associated: us7000nu8k. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:18:13 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Ōdate, Nanae (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km N of Yomogita, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6858° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.1111° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.122 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km N of Yomogita, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-26 12:18:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 10:51:07 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 354 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 189 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000nu8k Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu8k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu8k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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