Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Naze in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 155 km WNW of Naze, Japan (96 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 196.51 km (122 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:51:25 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000a8qf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a8qf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/17 / 2017-08-16 12:51:25 / August 16, 2017 @ 12:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.9238 East, latitude 28.6478 North, depth = 196.51 km.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 155 km WNW of Naze, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.9238° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.6478° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	196.51 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	155km WNW of Naze, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-16 12:51:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-16 13:15:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.3	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	503	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	1.831	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	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	us2000a8qf	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a8qf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a8qf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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