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Strong earthquake: M6.7 quake has struck near Naze in Japan


Earthquake location 28.6S, 128.5WA earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Naze in Japan on Saturday. Global time and date of event 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 15:51:23 / June 13, 2020 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:51:23 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.5° East, 28.6° North, depth 201 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt20165054, at00qbvg1n. Unique identifier: at00qbvg1n. A tsunami warning has been issued near Naze in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 201 km (125 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 99 km WNW of Naze, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.5° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.6° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 201 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km WNW of Naze, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-13 15:51:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-13 16:04:34 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 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 691 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 176 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 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 14.399998848 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 at00qbvg1n Id of event.
Event Code 00qbvg1n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20165054,at00qbvg1n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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