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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Imabetsu in Japan

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Imabetsu in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 140.2446° East, latitude 41.2357° North, depth = 159.853 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 159.853 km (99 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:47:22 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 02:47:22 / January 7, 2025 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000pibm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pibm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu, Nanae, Hirosaki (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Kuroishi (c. 38 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 21 km WNW of Imabetsu, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.2446° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.2357° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	159.853 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km WNW of Imabetsu, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-07 02:47:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-07 03:00:00	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	385	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.764	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 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	us6000pibm	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pibm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pibm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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