Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Ōma in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ōma in Japan on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pg8l. Id of event: us6000pg8l. Exact location of event, longitude 141.2908 East, latitude 41.6424 North, depth = 98.295 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 05:19:53 / December 29, 2024 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.295 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:19:53 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muroran, Kamiiso, Nanae (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 34 km ENE of Ōma, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.2908° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.6424° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	98.295 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km ENE of Ōma, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-29 05:19:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-29 05:43:56	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	298	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.869	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	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	us6000pg8l	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pg8l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pg8l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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