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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Yonakuni in Japan

Posted by admin on January 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.0103S, 123.5577WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us6000pkxv. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkxv. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:02:16 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 13:02:16 / January 18, 2025 @ 1:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.5577 East, latitude 25.0103 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 82 km NE of Yonakuni, 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 123.5577° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.0103° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-18 13:02:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-18 14:21:11 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.734 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000pkxv Id of event.
Event Code 6000pkxv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pkxv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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