Quakedle
Puzzle #115 was 144 km SE of Hasaki, Japan.
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USGS - Tectonic Plates of the Earth
How it scored
- Magnitude
- M6.1 - strong class
- Magnitude type
- mww - W-phase moment magnitude
- Depth
- 29.0 km - shallow
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami indicator
- USGS tsunami indicator not set
- Felt reports
- 34 DYFI reports
- PAGER alert
- green PAGER alert
- Tectonic plates
- Pacific Plate · Philippine Sea Plate · Eurasian Plate · North American Plate
- Tectonic context
- Japan sits at a complex set of subduction boundaries involving the Pacific and Philippine Sea plates and overriding continental plates.
Also on the record
- USGS reports magnitude M6.1. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
- Strong (M6.0-6.9)
- The hypocentral depth is 29.0 km. Which depth band is it in?
- Shallow (less than 70 km)
- USGS locates the event at “144 km SE of Hasaki, Japan”. Which broad authored region matches?
- Japan
- What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
- No - USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
- USGS received 34 “Did You Feel It?” reports. Which band is that?
- A few reports (1-99)