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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Kushimoto in Japan

Posted by admin on September 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.1843S, 137.763WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 234 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan (145 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 383.938 km, 137.763° East, 32.1843° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 13:42:52 / September 7, 2024 @ 1:42 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqat. Unique identifier: us6000nqat. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:42:52 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 383.938 km (239 miles).

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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 234 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.763° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.1843° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 383.938 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 234 km SE of Kushimoto, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-07 13:42:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 14:01:51 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000nqat Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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