Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 7 km SE of Shiroi, Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Shiroi in Japan on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.63 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a6r5. Id of event: us2000a6r5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/17 / 2017-08-10 00:36:30 / August 10, 2017 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 140.1248 East, latitude 35.7464 North, depth = 59.63 km. The temblor was detected at 09:36:30 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isesaki, Odawara, Kodamachō-kodamaminami (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.1248° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.7464° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km SE of Shiroi, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-10 00:36:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-10 00:58:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	23	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	394	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	1.747	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	97	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000a6r5	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a6r5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a6r5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

140.1248° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.7464° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.63 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

7km SE of Shiroi, Japan

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

Time

2017-08-10 00:36:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-08-10 00:58:51

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

4.1

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

394

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

1.747

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

Root Mean Square

1.43 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

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000a6r5

Id of event.

Event Code

2000a6r5

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

Event IDS

,us2000a6r5,

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

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