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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Muroran in Japan


Earthquake location 42.3256S, 141.0766WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Muroran in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 141.0766 East, latitude 42.3256 North, depth = 110.026 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pv53. Event ids that are associated: us6000pv53. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:30:41 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.026 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/25 / 2025-02-24 16:30:41 / February 24, 2025 @ 4:30 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otaru, Ebetsu, Iwanai.

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 three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 7 km E of Muroran, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.0766° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.3256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.026 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km E of Muroran, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-24 16:30:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-24 17:38:07 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 326 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 131 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.535 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000pv53 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pv53 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pv53, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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