Major earthquake: M7 quake has struck near Namie in Japan

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9923 East, latitude 37.6856 North, depth = 54 km. Global time and date of event 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 14:07:49 / February 13, 2021 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:07:49 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Namie in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000dher. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qoh0l1, us6000dher, pt21044000.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Motomiya, Nihommatsu, Miharu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 117 km (73 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 134 km (83 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 134 km (83 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 125 km (78 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. 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-four 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km ENE of Namie, Japan.

Fukushima-shi Furukawa Ishinomaki Iwaki Iwanuma Japan Miharu Motomiya Namie Nihommatsu Sendai Sendai-shi Shiogama Tomiya

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.9923° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.6856° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	90 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 14:07:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-13 14:27:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	28	The total number of felt reports
CDI	8.7	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	778	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,us,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	3.182	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000dher	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dher	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qoh0l1,us6000dher,pt21044000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.9923° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

37.6856° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

54 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

90 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 14:07:49

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-13 14:27:41

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

8.7

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

778

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,us,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

3.182

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

Root Mean Square

0.78 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

115

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000dher

Id of event.

Event Code

6000dher

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

Event IDS

,at00qoh0l1,us6000dher,pt21044000,

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

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