Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 79 km ENE of Namie, Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Namie 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 event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/19 / 2019-12-11 09:39:08 / December 11, 2019 @ 9:39 am. Event id: us60006q3x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006q3x. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8324 East, latitude 37.7452 North, depth = 42.92 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.92 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:39:08 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wakuya, Sendai-shi, Ōkawara (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.8324° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.7452° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	79km ENE 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	2019-12-11 09:39:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-11 09:55:51	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	416	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	2.843	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us60006q3x	Id of event.
Event Code	60006q3x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60006q3x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.8324° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.7452° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.92 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

79km ENE 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

2019-12-11 09:39:08

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-12-11 09:55:51

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

416

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

2.843

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

Root Mean Square

0.59 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

122

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

us60006q3x

Id of event.

Event Code

60006q3x

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

Event IDS

,us60006q3x,

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

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