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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Mutsu in Japan


Earthquake location 41.5301S, 141.8527WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Friday. The temblor was detected at 04:52:27 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 19:52:27 / April 23, 2020 @ 7:52 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.96 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009ax6. Id of event: us60009ax6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.8527° East, 41.5301° North, depth 59.96 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kamiiso, Nanae, Misawa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.8527° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.5301° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km 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 2020-04-23 19:52:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-23 20:11:47 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 3.1 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 416 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 0.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us60009ax6 Id of event.
Event Code 60009ax6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009ax6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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