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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Katsuura in Japan


Earthquake location 32.9354S, 141.5118WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 268 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan (167 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d2lg. Unique identifier: us6000d2lg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.5118 East, latitude 32.9354 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:35:42 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 16:35:42 / December 24, 2020 @ 4:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 268 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.5118° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 268 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-24 16:35:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-24 21:47:53 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.437 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000d2lg Id of event.
Event Code 6000d2lg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d2lg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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