Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Sungjibaegam in North Korea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sungjibaegam in North Korea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:30:01 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 00:30:01 / September 9, 2016 @ 12:30 am. Event id: us10006n8a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006n8a. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.9866 East, latitude 41.3229 North, depth = 0 km.

Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Chongjin (c. 327 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hyesan-si (c. 192 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hyesan-dong (c. 97 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kilju (c. 63 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kyŏngsŏng (c. 35 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nanam (c. 34 100 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Musan-ŭp (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Komusan 1-tong, Musan-ŭp, Puryŏng. Close country/countries that might be effected, North Korea (c. 22 912 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	128.9866° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.3229° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-09 00:30:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-09 00:45:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	432	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	3.102	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	explosion	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10006n8a	Id of event.
Event Code	10006n8a	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006n8a,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

128.9866° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

41.3229° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea

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

Time

2016-09-09 00:30:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-09-09 00:45:53

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

540

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

432

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

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

Horizontal Distance

3.102

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

Root Mean Square

1.01 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

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

Event Type

explosion

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10006n8a

Id of event.

Event Code

10006n8a

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

Event IDS

,us10006n8a,

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

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