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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Nichinan in Japan

Posted by admin on September 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.6412S, 131.7956WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.711 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 131.7956° East, latitude 31.6412° North, depth = 15.711 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:47 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 14:13:47 / September 16, 2024 @ 2:13 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000ne8y. Event ids that are associated: us7000ne8y.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kajiki, Nobeoka, Tarumizu. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km E of Nichinan, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.7956° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6412° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.711 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km E of Nichinan, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-16 14:13:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 14:33:42 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 465 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 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.154 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 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 us7000ne8y Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne8y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ne8y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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