A earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 131.6° East, 31.8° North, depth 32 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Miyazaki in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt25013000, at00sq10wm. Unique identifier: at00sq10wm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 12:19:35 / January 13, 2025 @ 12:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:19:35 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 141 km (87 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Yatsushiro (c. 104 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kumamoto, Ōzu, Makurazaki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 21 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan.
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