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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Makurazaki in Japan

Posted by admin on December 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.0904S, 130.2373WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 165.486 km (103 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 130.2373 East, latitude 31.0904 North, depth = 165.486 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:09:34 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzg7. Id of event: us7000nzg7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 04:09:34 / December 17, 2024 @ 4:09 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyakonojō, Kushima, Akune (min 5000 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 20 km SSW of Makurazaki, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.2373° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.0904° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 165.486 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSW of Makurazaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-17 04:09:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 04:23:29 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 416 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.456 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nzg7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzg7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzg7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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