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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Ōyama in Japan

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ōyama in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 18:36:11 / November 19, 2024 @ 6:36 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 248.76 km (155 miles). Event id: us6000p6ev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p6ev. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:36:11 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.3777 East, latitude 34.08 North, depth = 248.76 km.

Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Fujieda (c. 132 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yaizu (c. 121 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Iwata (c. 88 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Hamakita (c. 86 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kakegawa (c. 84 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizuoka-shi, Hamakita, Mori.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 59 km SSE of Ōyama, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	138.3777° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.08° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	248.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km SSE of Ōyama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-19 18:36:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-19 18:52:58	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	385	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	118	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.537	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	42	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	us6000p6ev	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p6ev	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p6ev,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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