Major earthquake: M7.3 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Namie in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oh0fnm, pt16326050. Id of event: at00oh0fnm. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:46 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 20:59:46 / November 21, 2016 @ 8:59 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.644 East, latitude 37.272 North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 130 km (81 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 117 km (72 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 149 km (92 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 139 km (86 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 140 km (87 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mito-shi, Wakuya, Kuroiso. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. 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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Fukushima-shi Hitachi Hitachi-Naka Iwaki Japan Katsuta Kōriyama Kuroiso Mito-shi Namie Sendai Sendai-shi Wakuya

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.644° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.272° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61km ESE of Namie, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-21 20:59:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-21 21:18:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	56	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5	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	848	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	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	2.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	129.599989632	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	at00oh0fnm	Id of event.
Event Code	00oh0fnm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00oh0fnm,pt16326050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.644° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.272° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

61km ESE of Namie, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-11-21 20:59:46

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-11-21 21:18:38

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

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

848

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

,at,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

2.23 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

129.599989632

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

at00oh0fnm

Id of event.

Event Code

00oh0fnm

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

Event IDS

,at00oh0fnm,pt16326050,

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

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