Major earthquake, 6.5 mag has occurred near Makurazaki in Japan

A major earthquake with magnitude 7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 159 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan (99 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 20:51:00 / November 13, 2015 @ 8:51 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt15317050. Id of event: pt15317050. Exact location of earthquake, 128.7° East, 30.9° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:51:00 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 159 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	128.7° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.9° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	159km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-11-13 20:51:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-11-13 20:59:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	754	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	0	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	158.399987328	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	pt15317050	Id of event.
Event Code	15317050	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt15317050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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