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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Izu Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 30.638S, 141.8599WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.8599 East, latitude 30.638 North, depth = 9.47 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/20 / 2020-07-30 00:35:55 / July 30, 2020 @ 12:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.47 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000b6i4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b6i4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:35:55 / 12:35 am (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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Izu Islands, Japan region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.8599° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.638° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Izu Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-30 00:35:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-30 00:57:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0 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 518 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 3.021 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000b6i4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b6i4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b6i4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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