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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Bonin Islands, Japan region

Posted by admin on July 1, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 26.9048S, 140.2993WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.2993 East, latitude 26.9048 North, depth = 471.947 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9pu. Id of event: us6000n9pu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/24 / 2024-07-01 22:44:53 / July 1, 2024 @ 10:44 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:44:53 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 471.947 km (293 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Bonin Islands, Japan region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.2993° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.9048° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 471.947 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 2024-07-01 22:44:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-01 22:59:41 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 432 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us6000n9pu Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9pu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9pu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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