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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Yonakuni in Japan


Earthquake location 24.8367S, 123.2383WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan (29 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.12 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.2383 East, latitude 24.8367 North, depth = 14.12 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:47:16 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 13:47:16 / June 15, 2020 @ 1:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000ac7p. Event ids that are associated: us6000ac7p.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.2383° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.8367° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-15 13:47:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-15 14:05:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 0.421 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us6000ac7p Id of event.
Event Code 6000ac7p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ac7p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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