Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Namie in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Namie in Japan. The temblor was reported at 23:10:25 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.79 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000izfu. Id of event: us2000izfu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 14:10:25 / December 31, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. Exact location of event, depth 42.79 km, 141.4592° East, 37.4889° North.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Matsushima, Ishinomaki, Rifu. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km E of Namie, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.4592° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4889° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km E of Namie, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-31 14:10:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-31 14:33:11	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		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	0.652	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	106	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	us2000izfu	Id of event.
Event Code	2000izfu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000izfu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.4592° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.4889° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.79 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

40km E of Namie, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-12-31 14:10:25

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-12-31 14:33:11

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

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

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

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

0.652

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.57 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

106

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

us2000izfu

Id of event.

Event Code

2000izfu

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000izfu,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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