Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Nago in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 154 km E of Nago, Japan (96 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:24:35 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 16:24:35 / September 15, 2018 @ 4:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.522 East, latitude 26.5641 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hf73. Id of event: us2000hf73. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 154 km E of Nago, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	129.522° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	26.5641° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	154km E of Nago, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-15 16:24:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-15 16:43:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.08	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	466	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	1.15	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 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	us2000hf73	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hf73	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hf73,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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