Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Takanabe in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Takanabe in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 16:26:03 / January 9, 2025 @ 4:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:26:03 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 28.028 km, 132.0697° East, 31.9307° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.028 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pixi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pixi.

Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Takanabe (c. 22 500 pop). 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 Nobeoka, Nichinan, Tsuma.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	132.0697° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.9307° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28.028 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-09 16:26:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-26 18:03:08	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	259	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.441	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	us6000pixi	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pixi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pixi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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