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Strong earthquake: M6.5 quake has struck near Bonin Islands, Japan region

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.8217S, 139.577WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 503.896 km (313 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:35:34 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 08:35:34 / April 27, 2024 @ 8:35 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bonin Islands, Japan region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 139.577° East, 27.8217° North, depth 503.896 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mu8k, pt24118000, at00sclej9. Unique identifier: us6000mu8k.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: Bonin Islands, Japan region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.577° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8217° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 503.896 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Bonin 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 2024-04-27 08:35:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 07:37:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 0 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 652 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,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 217 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.427 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us6000mu8k Id of event.
Event Code 6000mu8k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mu8k,pt24118000,at00sclej9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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