Major earthquake, 7.1 mag has occurred near Namie in Japan

A major earthquake magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Namie in Japan. A tsunami warning has been issued near Namie in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Event id: pt21044000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt21044000. Exact location, longitude 141.8° East, latitude 37.7° North, depth = 58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 14:07:00 / February 13, 2021 @ 2:07 pm. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:07:00 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 140 km (87 miles) from Yamagata-shi (c. 254 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 133 km (83 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tendō, Kaminoyama, Yamagata-shi.

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

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Fukushima-shi Furukawa Ishinomaki Iwaki Japan Kaminoyama Kōriyama Namie Sendai Sendai-shi Sukagawa Tendo Yamagata-shi

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.8° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.7° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74 km ENE 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	2021-02-13 14:07:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-13 14:19:38	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	776	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	33	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	165.599986752	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	pt21044000	Id of event.
Event Code	21044000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt21044000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.8° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.7° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

58 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

74 km ENE 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

2021-02-13 14:07:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-13 14:19:38

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

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

776

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

,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

sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

165.599986752

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

pt21044000

Id of event.

Event Code

21044000

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

Event IDS

,pt21044000,

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

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