How long is 4 seconds?

Put simply, four seconds is equal to 4,000 milliseconds or 4,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 4 seconds is equal to 0.07 minutes, or 0.0011 hours, or 0.000046 days.

Here's a closer look at what 4 seconds equals:

0.000006 weeks
0.000046 days
0.0011 hours
0.07 minutes
4,000 milliseconds
4,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 745,128 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
Earth orbiting 74 miles (speed is 18.5 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 1,600 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 4,460 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 4,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 8 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 6 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)