Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Otobe in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Otobe in Japan. The temblor was reported at 12:49:15 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 12:49:15 / August 8, 2024 @ 12:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.584 East, latitude 42.0107 North, depth = 186.386 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000niuu. Unique identifier: us6000niuu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 186.386 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hakodate, Nanae, Kamiiso (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km W of Otobe, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	139.584° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.0107° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	186.386 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km W of Otobe, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-08 12:49:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-08 13:05:50	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.663	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000niuu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000niuu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000niuu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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