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Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 64 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan


Earthquake location 41.4594S, 141.954WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (mg/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The temblor was reported at 15:01:08 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 44.27 km (28 miles). Global time of event 08/06/15 / 2015-06-08 06:01:08 / June 8, 2015 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 141.954 East, latitude 41.4594 North, depth 44.27 km, unique identifier, us20002mvq. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002mvq,.

Close countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aomori Shi, Muroran, Kamiiso.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.954° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.4594° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km ENE of Mutsu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-08 06:01:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-08 06:27:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.22 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 592 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 1.057 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002mvq Id of event.
Event Code 20002mvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002mvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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