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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Volcano Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 25.5386S, 142.6739WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:51:28 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.6739 East, latitude 25.5386 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nmyu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmyu. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 17:51:28 / October 24, 2024 @ 5:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: Volcano Islands, Japan region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.6739° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.5386° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Volcano 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 2024-10-24 17:51:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 18:18:15 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 400 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.612 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000nmyu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmyu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmyu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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