Strong earthquake: M6.9 quake has struck near Miyazaki in Japan

A earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 131.7 East, latitude 31.8 North, depth = 33 km. The temblor was detected at 07:42:00 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: at00shw2rm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24221000, at00shw2rm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Miyazaki in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 07:42:00 / August 8, 2024 @ 7:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 111 km (69 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 130 km (80 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 132 km (82 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aso, Kaseda-shirakame, Uto.

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 29 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Aso Japan Kagoshima-shi Kanoya Kaseda-shirakame Kokubu-matsuki Miyakonojō Miyazaki Miyazaki-shi Nobeoka Saiki Satsumasendai Uto Yatsushiro

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.7° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29 km ESE 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 07:42:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-08 07:56:12	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	1	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	733	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.760896	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68.399994528	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00shw2rm	Id of event.
Event Code	00shw2rm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24221000,at00shw2rm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

131.7° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

31.8° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

29 km ESE 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 07:42:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-08-08 07:56:12

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

733

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

,pt,at,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

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

Horizontal Distance

5.760896

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

68.399994528

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

at00shw2rm

Id of event.

Event Code

00shw2rm

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

Event IDS

,pt24221000,at00shw2rm,

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

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