Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, Izu Islands, Japan region

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 404.41 km, 139.1312° East, 29.8965° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 404.41 km (251 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/16 / 2016-08-22 09:33:08 / August 22, 2016 @ 9:33 am. Event id: us10006fq7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fq7. The temblor was picked up at 18:33:08 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: Izu Islands, Japan region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	139.1312° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	29.8965° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	404.41 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Izu Islands, Japan region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-22 09:33:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-22 09:53:13	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		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	1.86	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	3.261	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us10006fq7	Id of event.
Event Code	10006fq7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006fq7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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