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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Mutsu in Japan


Earthquake location 41.455S, 142.1857WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.1857 East, latitude 41.455 North, depth = 66.766 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 01:11:37 / January 27, 2025 @ 1:11 am. Event id: us6000pmhq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmhq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.766 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:11:37 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1857° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.766 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-27 01:11:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-27 01:27:46 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 298 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.917 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000pmhq Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmhq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmhq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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