Earthquake — Japan: Miyazaki

When

8 Aug 2024

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.1

Where

Japan

Coordinates

31.72° N, 131.53° E

Injuries

14

Houses destroyed

1

Depth km

25

Earthquake in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

On 8 August 2024, at 16:42:55 JST, a Mw 7.1 earthquake struck in the Hyūga Sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Nichinan. The earthquake resulted in injuries to 16 people, and triggered extended emergency measures in Japan due to fears of a more powerful earthquake along the Nankai Trough.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, injuring at least five people and causing a 0.5 meter tsunami”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la isla de Kyushu (Japón) se registra un terremoto de 7,1 en el mar Hyūga frente a la costa de la prefectura de Miyazaki”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本宫崎县日南市近海發生7.1級地震，當局對宮城及四國地區發出海嘯預警。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Tsunami — Hyuganada Sea8 Aug 2024 · Tsunami