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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 226 km E of Namie, Japan


Earthquake location 37.1917S, 143.5254WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 226 km E of Namie, Japan (140 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003g09. Unique identifier: us20003g09. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 16:51:48 / September 3, 2015 @ 4:51 pm. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:51:48 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.74 km (9 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, 143.5254° East, 37.1917° North, depth 14.74 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 226 km E of Namie, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.5254° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1917° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 226km E 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 2015-09-03 16:51:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-03 17:13:56 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 2.47 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 465 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 2.277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us20003g09 Id of event.
Event Code 20003g09 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003g09, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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