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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Iwaki in Japan

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 03:12:07 / June 23, 2024 @ 3:12 am. Exact location of earthquake, 141.2665° East, 37.035° North, depth 55.693 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.693 km (35 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000mu1d. Event ids that are associated: us7000mu1d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:12:07 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōarai, Katsuta, Hitachi-Naka (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km E of Iwaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.2665° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.035° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.693 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km E of Iwaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-23 03:12:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-23 03:32:03	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	385	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	87	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.503	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000mu1d	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mu1d	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mu1d,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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