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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Ōfunato in Japan

Posted by admin on November 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.7355S, 142.1852WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.1852 East, latitude 38.7355 North, depth = 58.536 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:23 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nu6z. Unique identifier: us7000nu6z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.536 km (36 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 04:31:23 / November 26, 2024 @ 4:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Furukawa, Matsushima, Miyako. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-one 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.

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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. 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: 55 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1852° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7355° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.536 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-26 04:31:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 04:51:13 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 432 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 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nu6z Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu6z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu6z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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