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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Hirara in Japan

Posted by admin on November 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.2823S, 126.059WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The temblor was reported at 08:46:15 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.336 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 08:46:15 / November 30, 2024 @ 8:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 40.336 km, 126.059° East, 25.2823° North. Unique identifier: us7000nv3a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nv3a.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km NE of Hirara, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.059° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.2823° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.336 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NE of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-30 08:46:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 09:05:55 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 3.875 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 500 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 112 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us7000nv3a Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv3a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv3a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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