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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Kushimoto in Japan

Posted by admin on May 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.2768S, 137.6099WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 216 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan (134 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 380.589 km (236 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mnu8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mnu8. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:14:56 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 137.6099 East, latitude 32.2768 North, depth = 380.589 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 17:14:56 / May 29, 2024 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 216 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.6099° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2768° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 380.589 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-29 17:14:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-29 17:33:53 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 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 449 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 138 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us7000mnu8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnu8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnu8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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