Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Nichinan in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Id of earthquake: us6000pjxl. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjxl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.8022 East, latitude 31.6833 North, depth = 30.176 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.176 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 17:12:38 / January 14, 2025 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:12:38 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kajiki, Tarumizu, Hamanoichi.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.8022° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.6833° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	30.176 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-14 17:12:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-14 17:29:46	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	465	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	114	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.165	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	us6000pjxl	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pjxl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pjxl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

131.8022° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

31.6833° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

30.176 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

42 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan

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

Time

2025-01-14 17:12:38

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-01-14 17:29:46

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

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

465

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

114

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

Horizontal Distance

1.165

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

Root Mean Square

1.32 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pjxl

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pjxl

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

Event IDS

,us6000pjxl,

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

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