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Earthquake: M 6.1 quake strikes near Miyako in Japan

Posted by admin on February 21, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.8629S, 143.425WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 128 kilometers (80 miles) from Miyako in Japan. The temblor was reported at 20:13:54 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 21/02/15 / 2015-02-21 10:13:54 / February 21, 2015 @ 10:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 143.425 East, latitude 39.8629 North, depth 10 km, unique identifier, usc000ts49.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.425° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.8629° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128km ENE of Miyako, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-21 10:13:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-21 10:37:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.98 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 573 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.159 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000ts49 Id of event.
Event Code c000ts49 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000ts49, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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