Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Namie in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Namie in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000323i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000323i. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.86 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:13:34 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.4271 East, latitude 37.1911 North, depth = 42.86 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 20:13:34 / August 13, 2015 @ 8:13 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kakuda, Hobaramachi, Yanagawamachi-saiwaichō (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km SE of Namie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.4271° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.1911° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49km SE of Namie, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-08-13 20:13:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-13 20:27:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	385	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	0.845	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	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	us1000323i	Id of event.
Event Code	1000323i	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000323i,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.4271° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.1911° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.86 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

49km SE of Namie, Japan

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

Time

2015-08-13 20:13:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-08-13 20:27:24

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

2.7

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

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

385

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

0.845

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

Root Mean Square

0.89 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

133

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000323i

Id of event.

Event Code

1000323i

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

Event IDS

,us1000323i,

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

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