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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Hachijo-jima in Japan

Posted by admin on September 1, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.1541S, 141.5884WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 272 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (169 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 15:25:10 / September 1, 2015 @ 3:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:25:10 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.5884° East, latitude 31.1541° North, depth = 12.55 km. Id of earthquake: us20003feg. Event ids that are associated: us20003feg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.55 km (8 miles).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.5884° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.1541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 272km SE 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 2015-09-01 15:25:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-01 17:08:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 2.9 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 482 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 2.467 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us20003feg Id of event.
Event Code 20003feg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003feg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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