Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Koseda in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Koseda in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 14:40:30 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 131.1746° East, latitude 30.0839° North, depth = 23.896 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pikx. Id of event: us6000pikx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.896 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 14:40:30 / January 8, 2025 @ 2:40 pm.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 60 km SE of Koseda, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.1746° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.0839° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	23.896 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 km SE of Koseda, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-08 14:40:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-15 12:50:39	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	340	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	76	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.551	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us6000pikx	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pikx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pikx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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