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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Nobeoka in Japan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Nobeoka in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 42.106 km, 132.0432° East, 32.5692° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.106 km (26 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:22:50 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 09:22:50 / January 6, 2025 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi4x. Unique identifier: us6000pi4x.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kihoku-chō, Nakamura, Beppu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km E of Nobeoka, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.0432° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.5692° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.106 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km E of Nobeoka, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-06 09:22:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-06 13:42:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.715	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	94	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	us6000pi4x	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pi4x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pi4x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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