Strong earthquake 6.1 mag, 281 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan

A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 281 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan (175 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000arxv. Event ids that are associated: us2000arxv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/17 / 2017-09-20 16:37:16 / September 20, 2017 @ 4:37 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 144.6693° East, 37.9816° North. The temblor was reported at 02:37:16 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 281 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	144.6693° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.9816° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	281km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-20 16:37:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-20 17:03:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	19	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.68	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	578	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	3.069	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	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	us2000arxv	Id of event.
Event Code	2000arxv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000arxv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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