Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.29 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.4922 East, latitude 37.4545 North, depth = 27.29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 16:41:14 / December 19, 2016 @ 4:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:41:14 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200082kx. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082kx.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamoto, Matsushima, Ishinomaki. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

Did you feel anything?

How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km E of Namie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.4922° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4545° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43km 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	2016-12-19 16:41:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-19 17:06:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.97	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	467	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	0.694	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us200082kx	Id of event.
Event Code	200082kx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200082kx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.4922° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.4545° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

27.29 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

43km 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

2016-12-19 16:41:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-12-19 17:06:50

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

2.7

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.97

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

467

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

0.694

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

Root Mean Square

0.69 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

122

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

us200082kx

Id of event.

Event Code

200082kx

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

Event IDS

,us200082kx,

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

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

Did you feel anything?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information