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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Hachijo-jima in Japan

Posted by admin on December 31, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.0883S, 141.7294WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 286 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (178 miles). Exact location of event, depth 21.29 km, 141.7294° East, 31.0883° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.29 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:08:07 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004alk. Event ids that are associated: us10004alk. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 19:08:07 / December 31, 2015 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 286 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.7294° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.0883° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 286km 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 2015-12-31 19:08:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-31 19:28:57 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 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 2.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us10004alk Id of event.
Event Code 10004alk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004alk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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