Major earthquake: M7.1 quake has struck near Miyazaki in Japan

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan on Thursday. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:42:53 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 07:42:53 / August 8, 2024 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 131.4819° East, latitude 31.7491° North, depth = 8.778 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.778 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nith. Unique identifier: us6000nith. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 139 km (86 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hondo, Saiki, Kumamoto.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 19 km SSE of Miyazaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.4819° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.7491° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.778 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km SSE of Miyazaki, 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 07:42:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-08 07:59:27	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	6.4	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	776	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	108	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.746	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	us6000nith	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nith	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nith,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

131.4819° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

31.7491° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

8.778 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

19 km SSE of Miyazaki, 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 07:42:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-08-08 07:59:27

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

6.4

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

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

776

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

108

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

5.746

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.82 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000nith

Id of event.

Event Code

6000nith

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000nith,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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