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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Katsuura in Japan


Earthquake location 33.4887S, 141.2838WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 204 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan (127 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.2838° East, 33.4887° North, depth 30.644 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.644 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 08:30:59 / June 25, 2024 @ 8:30 am UTC/GMT. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:30:59 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n82p. Unique identifier: us6000n82p.

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 five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 204 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.2838° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4887° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.644 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 204 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-25 08:30:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-25 08:51:11 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 3.362 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 118 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.286 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000n82p Id of event.
Event Code 6000n82p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n82p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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