Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Shizunai in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.6237 East, latitude 41.4168 North, depth = 45.09 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 15:06:27 / August 22, 2018 @ 3:06 pm. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:06:27 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.09 km (28 miles). Unique identifier: us1000gfej. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gfej.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 104 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.6237° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.4168° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	104km SSE of Shizunai, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-22 15:06:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-22 15:24:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	385	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	0.718	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us1000gfej	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gfej	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000gfej,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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