Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Miyazaki in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.837 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 11:32:56 / January 17, 2025 @ 11:32 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkm3. Unique identifier: us6000pkm3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 132.1862 East, latitude 31.8147 North, depth = 37.837 km. The temblor was reported at 11:32:56 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nichinan, Tsuma, Takanabe. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Takanabe (c. 22 500 pop).

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 five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 73 km E of Miyazaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.1862° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8147° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.837 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73 km E of Miyazaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-17 11:32:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-21 09:57:06	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	312	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.509	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 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	us6000pkm3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pkm3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pkm3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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