Strong earthquake: M6.3 quake has struck near Shingu in Japan

A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 144 km ESE of Shingu, Japan (89 miles). Unique identifier: us60004wjb. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004wjb. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 18:31:08 / July 27, 2019 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 137.3534° East, latitude 33.1122° North, depth = 375.75 km. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:31:08 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 375.75 km (233 miles).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 144 km ESE of Shingu, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	137.3534° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1122° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	375.75 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	144km ESE of Shingu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-07-27 18:31:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-27 18:46:35	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	3.142	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	611	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	1.707	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	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	us60004wjb	Id of event.
Event Code	60004wjb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60004wjb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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