Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 58 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:44:11 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.41 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 142.251 East, latitude 38.7574 North, depth = 33.41 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/20 / 2020-09-12 02:44:11 / September 12, 2020 @ 2:44 am. Unique identifier: us7000bm9m. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bm9m.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hanamaki, Shiogama, Furukawa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.251° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.7574° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.41 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-12 02:44:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-12 03:07:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.919	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	536	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	2.226	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	95	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	us7000bm9m	Id of event.
Event Code	7000bm9m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000bm9m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

142.251° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

38.7574° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33.41 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

58 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-09-12 02:44:11

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-09-12 03:07:21

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

3.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.919

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

536

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

2.226

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

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us7000bm9m

Id of event.

Event Code

7000bm9m

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

Event IDS

,us7000bm9m,

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

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