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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Hachijo-jima in Japan

Posted by admin on May 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.3948S, 140.0989WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 189 km S of Hachijo-jima, Japan (117 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 09:36:15 / May 24, 2020 @ 9:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009pe7. Id of event: us70009pe7. Exact location of event, depth 123.01 km, 140.0989° East, 31.3948° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.01 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:36:15 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 189 km S of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.0989° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.3948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 189km S of Hachijo-jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-24 09:36:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-24 09:53:28 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 1.732 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us70009pe7 Id of event.
Event Code 70009pe7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009pe7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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