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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Hachijo-jima in Japan


Earthquake location 33.5972S, 141.1753WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 140 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (87 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.1753° East, 33.5972° North, depth 35.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 04:51:35 / July 22, 2015 @ 4:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:51:35 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002z4y. Id of event: us20002z4y. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.38 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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. 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: 140 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.1753° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5972° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-22 04:51:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-22 05:09:27 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 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 416 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 1.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us20002z4y Id of event.
Event Code 20002z4y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002z4y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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