Uploaded on August 9, 2024

Event Event time: 2024-08-08 16:43 (JST, JMA) Location: 31.8°N, 131.7°E (JMA) Depth: 30 km (JMA) Magnitude: Mj7.1 (JMA)

Information in our site

• Tsunami Simulation - Miyazaki Earthquake on Aug. 8, 2024 by Dr. Fujii (uploaded on August 8, 2024)
• Strong Ground Motions - Earthquake in Hyuganada, Miyazaki Prefecture on August 8, 2024 (Mj7.1, Mw7.0) (uploaded on August 9, 2024) [in English]
• 強震観測速報(2024年8月8日 日向灘の地震) (uploaded on August 9, 2024) [in Japanese]

Direct links

• M 7.1 - 2024 Hyuganada Sea, Japan Earthquake

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter, which is from JMA (https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eventID=20240808165502&lang=jp). The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from GEBCO Compilation Group (2020, GEBCO 2020 Grid, doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9).

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