Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag was detected near Hachinohe in Japan

A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 141 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan (88 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 23:46:39 / August 28, 2019 @ 11:46 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.16 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 17.16 km, 142.9911° East, 41.0739° North. Event id: us700059ee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700059ee. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:46:39 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 141 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.9911° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.0739° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	141km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-08-28 23:46:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-08-29 00:08:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.71	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	573	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	0.948	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	31	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	us700059ee	Id of event.
Event Code	700059ee	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700059ee,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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