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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 148 km E of Chichi-shima, Japan


Earthquake location 27.1265S, 143.71WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km E of Chichi-shima, Japan (92 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 00:45:44 / August 17, 2015 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100032rq. Event ids that are associated: us100032rq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.79 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 143.71° East, 27.1265° North, depth 23.79 km. The temblor was reported at 10:45:44 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 148 km E of Chichi-shima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.71° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.1265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 148km E of Chichi-shima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-17 00:45:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-17 01:02:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us100032rq Id of event.
Event Code 100032rq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100032rq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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