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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 163 km S of Tateyama, Japan


Earthquake location 33.536S, 140.1754WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 163 km S of Tateyama, Japan (101 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.552 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:07:36 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 140.1754 East, latitude 33.536 North, depth = 105.552 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mzzc. Event ids that are associated: us7000mzzc. Global time and date of event 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 11:07:36 / July 18, 2024 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 163 km S of Tateyama, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.1754° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.536° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.552 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163 km S of Tateyama, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-18 11:07:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-18 11:30:03 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 4.271 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 482 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 127 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us7000mzzc Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzzc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzzc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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