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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Hachijo-jima in Japan

Posted by admin on March 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.6264S, 140.6312WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 92 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (57 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:37:24 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.6312 East, latitude 32.6264 North, depth = 56.84 km. Unique identifier: us1000d8vk. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d8vk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.84 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/18 / 2018-03-25 14:37:24 / March 25, 2018 @ 2:37 pm.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 92 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6312° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6264° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-25 14:37:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-25 15:06:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 26 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.6 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 508 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 0.843 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 29 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 us1000d8vk Id of event.
Event Code 1000d8vk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d8vk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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