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Strong earthquake, 6 mag was detected near Hirara in Japan


Earthquake location 24.4414S, 126.2875WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Tuesday. The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:54:14 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.2875 East, latitude 24.4414 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 01:54:14 / May 9, 2017 @ 1:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008qnw. Event ids that are associated: us10008qnw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara. The epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 109 km ESE of Hirara, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.2875° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.4414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109km ESE of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-09 01:54:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-09 02:22:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 3.92 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 554 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 2.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us10008qnw Id of event.
Event Code 10008qnw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008qnw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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