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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Nakashibetsu in Japan


Earthquake location 43.6653S, 144.9WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nakashibetsu in Japan. Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 15:16:56 / January 13, 2025 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:16:56 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000plv4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plv4. 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 145.444 km (90 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.9 East, latitude 43.6653 North, depth = 145.444 km.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Kitami (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 14 km NNW of Nakashibetsu, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.6653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.444 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNW of Nakashibetsu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-13 15:16:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-28 15:33:06 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 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us6000plv4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000plv4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000plv4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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