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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Tsuma in Japan


Earthquake location 32.094S, 131.3951WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Tsuma in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 48.962 km, 131.3951° East, 32.094° North. The temblor was reported at 16:25:29 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000ngq6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngq6. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.962 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 16:25:29 / July 29, 2024 @ 4:25 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saiki, Kumamoto, Ōzu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 0 km SW of Tsuma, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.3951° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.094° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.962 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km SW of Tsuma, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 16:25:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 16:45:59 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 416 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 130 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.425 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000ngq6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngq6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngq6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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