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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Miyako in Japan

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Miyako in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.84 km (28 miles). Exact location, longitude 142.022° East, latitude 39.6811° North, depth = 44.84 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:58:43 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 17:58:43 / December 15, 2017 @ 5:58 pm. Event id: us2000c4yj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4yj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Mizusawa, Kitakami (min 5000 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km NE of Miyako, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.022° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.6811° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km NE of Miyako, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-12-15 17:58:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-15 18:25:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.3	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	417	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	1.327	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	98	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	us2000c4yj	Id of event.
Event Code	2000c4yj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000c4yj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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