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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Izu Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 31.5871S, 138.3783WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 08:31:32 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 08:31:32 / January 7, 2025 @ 8:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 377.52 km, 138.3783° East, 31.5871° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 377.52 km (235 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pida. Unique identifier: us6000pida.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Izu Islands, Japan region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.3783° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5871° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 377.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Izu Islands, Japan region 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 08:31:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-07 08:52:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 1.963 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 483 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 110 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000pida Id of event.
Event Code 6000pida An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pida, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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