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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Shizunai in Japan

Posted by admin on November 28, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.3503S, 143.2677WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km SE of Shizunai, Japan (82 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:23:24 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 02:23:24 / November 28, 2018 @ 2:23 am. Event id: us1000hxal. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hxal. Exact location of event, longitude 143.2677 East, latitude 41.3503 North, depth = 10 km.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 132 km SE of Shizunai, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.2677° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3503° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km SE 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 2018-11-28 02:23:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-28 02:44:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.65 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 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 0.669 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us1000hxal Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxal An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hxal, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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