Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Ozu in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ozu in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005imz. Unique identifier: us20005imz. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:03:12 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 18:03:12 / April 15, 2016 @ 6:03 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8.35 km, 131.0127° East, 32.9747° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.35 km (5 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Fukuoka-shi (c. 1 392 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kitakyūshū (c. 997 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Shimonoseki (c. 245 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shimonoseki, Ōkuchi, Obita.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.0127° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9747° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km NE of Ozu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-04-15 18:03:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-04-15 18:48:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	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	434	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	0.188	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us20005imz	Id of event.
Event Code	20005imz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005imz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

131.0127° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

32.9747° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

8.35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km NE of Ozu, Japan

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

Time

2016-04-15 18:03:12

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-04-15 18:48:44

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

4.6

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

434

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

0.188

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

Root Mean Square

1.09 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us20005imz

Id of event.

Event Code

20005imz

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

Event IDS

,us20005imz,

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

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