Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Namie in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 07:04:40 / August 15, 2016 @ 7:04 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.3 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:04:40 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006dvd. Unique identifier: us10006dvd. Exact location of earthquake, 141.7449° East, 37.4209° North, depth 28.3 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Kakuda (c. 33 200 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Hobaramachi (c. 24 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Ōkawara (c. 23 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hobaramachi, Kitaibaraki, Ōkawara (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km E of Namie, 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	141.7449° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4209° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km 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	2016-08-15 07:04:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-15 07:31:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	21	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.83	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	491	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	0.88	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	85	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	us10006dvd	Id of event.
Event Code	10006dvd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006dvd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.7449° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.4209° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

28.3 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

66km 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

2016-08-15 07:04:40

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-08-15 07:31:57

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.2

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.83

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

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

491

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

0.88

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

Root Mean Square

1.26 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

us10006dvd

Id of event.

Event Code

10006dvd

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

Event IDS

,us10006dvd,

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

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