Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 20 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Takanabe in Japan on Monday. The temblor was reported at 16:14:57 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjqa. Id of event: us6000pjqa. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 16:14:57 / January 13, 2025 @ 4:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.6975 East, latitude 32.0641 North, depth = 35 km.

Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kajiki, Takedamachi, Ōkuchi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.6975° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0641° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-13 16:14:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-13 16:44:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	101	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.196	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	95	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	us6000pjqa	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pjqa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pjqa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

131.6975° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

32.0641° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

20 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-01-13 16:14:57

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-01-13 16:44:41

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

2.2

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

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

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

101

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.196

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.37 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pjqa

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pjqa

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pjqa,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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