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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Obihiro in Japan

Posted by admin on March 14, 2017 3 Comments

Earthquake location 42.6986S, 142.7093WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Obihiro in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:56:48 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100088sq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100088sq. Global time and date of event 14/03/17 / 2017-03-14 03:56:48 / March 14, 2017 @ 3:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 142.7093° East, 42.6986° North, depth 91.52 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.52 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ebetsu, Ashibetsu, Kitahiroshima (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 47 km WSW of Obihiro, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.7093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.6986° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km WSW of Obihiro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-14 03:56:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-14 05:01:10 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 2.7 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 386 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 0.759 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us100088sq Id of event.
Event Code 100088sq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100088sq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Marsha

    Southern california Near Redlands

    March 14, 2017
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  2. Carmen

    Didn’t feel a thing in San Diego..

    March 14, 2017
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  3. Jan

    Fukushima is shaking so it is a time bomb all the time Japan is shacking !

    March 14, 2017
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