Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Hachinohe in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:32:50 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wd2. Id of event: us20002wd2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 18:32:50 / July 9, 2015 @ 6:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.5991° East, latitude 40.3732° North, depth = 69.91 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.91 km (43 miles).

Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shimokizukuri, Goshogawara, Mutsu.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

Did you feel the quake?

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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km SSE of Hachinohe, Japan.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.5991° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.3732° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	69.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km SSE of Hachinohe, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-09 18:32:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-09 18:58:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.29	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	486	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	0.816	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20002wd2	Id of event.
Event Code	20002wd2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002wd2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.5991° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

40.3732° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

69.91 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

16km SSE of Hachinohe, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-07-09 18:32:50

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-07-09 18:58:33

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.3

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.29

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

486

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.816

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.49 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mwb

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20002wd2

Id of event.

Event Code

20002wd2

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20002wd2,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Hachinohe in Japan

Did you feel the quake?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information