Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Ohara in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ohara in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/19 / 2019-07-24 22:14:22 / July 24, 2019 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.31 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 140.6984° East, 35.0908° North, depth 43.31 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:14:22 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004v54. Id of event: us60004v54.

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zushi, Hayama, Yokohama.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 33 km ESE of Ohara, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.6984° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.0908° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.31 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33km ESE of Ohara, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-07-24 22:14:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-24 22:31:20	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	2.102	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	114	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	us60004v54	Id of event.
Event Code	60004v54	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60004v54,	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

140.6984° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.0908° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

43.31 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

33km ESE of Ohara, Japan

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

Time

2019-07-24 22:14:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-07-24 22:31:20

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

2.102

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

114

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

us60004v54

Id of event.

Event Code

60004v54

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

Event IDS

,us60004v54,

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

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