Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 41 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hasaki in Japan on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 18:23:51 / January 2, 2020 @ 6:23 pm. Unique identifier: us70006ttf. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ttf. Exact location of event, longitude 141.2779 East, latitude 35.8319 North, depth = 32.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.2 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:23:51 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 107 km (67 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abiko, Ichihara, Tsukuba (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.2779° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.8319° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km ENE of Hasaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-02 18:23:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-02 18:41:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	13	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	487	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	0.966	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	us70006ttf	Id of event.
Event Code	70006ttf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006ttf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.2779° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.8319° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

32.2 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

41km ENE of Hasaki, Japan

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

Time

2020-01-02 18:23:51

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-01-02 18:41:33

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

3.8

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

487

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

0.966

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

Root Mean Square

1.18 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

137

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

us70006ttf

Id of event.

Event Code

70006ttf

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

Event IDS

,us70006ttf,

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

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