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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Kuji in Japan


Earthquake location 40.4595S, 142.1002WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kuji in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.551 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 09:07:42 / January 8, 2025 @ 9:07 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:42 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pl9d. Id of event: us6000pl9d. Exact location of event, depth 55.551 km, 142.1002° East, 40.4595° North.

Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyako, Ichinohe, Misawa (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NE of Kuji, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1002° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4595° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.551 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km NE of Kuji, 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 09:07:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-24 08:06:28 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 284 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.854 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us6000pl9d Id of event.
Event Code 6000pl9d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pl9d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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