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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag was detected near Miyazaki in Japan


Earthquake location 31.8596S, 131.5188WA earthquake with magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: at00sq10wm, pt25013000, us6000pjny. Unique identifier: us6000pjny. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.863 km (30 miles). 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 earthquake 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 12:19:33 / January 13, 2025 @ 12:19 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:19:33 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 131.5188° East, latitude 31.8596° North, depth = 48.863 km.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 131 km (81 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote, Makurazaki, Kumamoto (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.5188° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8596° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.863 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 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 2025-01-13 12:19:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-13 12:40:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.442 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 714 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 ,at,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 122 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.974 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us6000pjny Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjny An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sq10wm,pt25013000,us6000pjny, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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