Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Katsuura in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 173 km SE of Katsuura, Japan (107 miles). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:43:10 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 00:43:10 / December 24, 2018 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. 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 6.86 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000iwx0. Event ids that are associated: us2000iwx0. Exact location, longitude 141.6724° East, latitude 34.0578° North, depth = 6.86 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 173 km SE of Katsuura, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.6724° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.0578° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	173km SE of Katsuura, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-24 00:43:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-24 00:58:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	2.92	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	465	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	1.814	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us2000iwx0	Id of event.
Event Code	2000iwx0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000iwx0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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