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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 115 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan

Posted by admin on May 15, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.7257S, 130.6783WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 115 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/19 / 2019-05-15 05:24:32 / May 15, 2019 @ 5:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 130.6783 East, latitude 29.7257 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 14:24:32 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003ld5. Event ids that are associated: us70003ld5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.6783° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.7257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 115km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-15 05:24:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-15 05:48:00 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 3.33 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 449 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 3.393 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us70003ld5 Id of event.
Event Code 70003ld5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003ld5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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