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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag has occurred near Iwo Jima in Japan


Earthquake location 24.9847S, 141.9581WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 km ENE of Iwo Jima, Japan (41 miles). The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:24:34 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 516.74 km (321 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006a2k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a2k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 16:24:34 / August 4, 2016 @ 4:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9581 East, latitude 24.9847 North, depth = 516.74 km.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km ENE of Iwo Jima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9581° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.9847° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 516.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km ENE of Iwo Jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-04 16:24:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-04 16:51:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.4 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 591 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 2.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us10006a2k Id of event.
Event Code 10006a2k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006a2k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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