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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag strikes near Tatsugō in Japan


Earthquake location 28.7431S, 130.2927WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 23:42:55 / March 8, 2025 @ 11:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.2927 East, latitude 28.7431 North, depth = 27.172 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.172 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pxpv. Event ids that are associated: us6000pxpv. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:55 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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. 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: 75 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.2927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.7431° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.172 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-08 23:42:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-09 00:02:03 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 536 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 139 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.61 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000pxpv Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxpv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxpv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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