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M7.1 Miyazaki, Japan
Status: Closed
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| Similar Stochastic Events | 8/8/2024 3:00:00 PM |
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Similar Stochastic Events | Summary
Posting Date: August 8, 2024, 3:00:00 PM
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck just offshore Miyazaki prefecture in Japan at 4:42pm local time on Thursday. The temblor was measured at a depth of 25 kilometers. Three people have been reported injured, and police in Miyazaki Prefecture have reported minor damage to several buildings, including a report of broken windows at Miyazaki Airport. The quake triggered a tsunami warning, and tsunami waves up to about 1.5 meters were observed along parts of the southern coast of Kyushu, in Miyazaki port, and on nearby Shikoku.
ALERT™ subscribers can download similar stochastic event (SSE) IDs for the recent M7.1 earthquake in Japan from the Downloads tab of this posting on the ALERT website. Compatible with Touchstone® and Touchstone Re™, the SSEs were selected based on the event’s location, magnitude, and depth. They should only be used with exposures in Japan.
Map of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) from M7.1 Earthquake in Japan (USGS)
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), this earthquake occurred due to thrust faulting at shallow depth on or near the subduction zone interface between the Philippine Sea plate and the Eurasian plate. Moment tensor solutions for the event indicate rupture on either a shallowing dipping fault striking toward the southwest or a steeply dipping fault striking toward the northeast. The location, depth, and shallow dipping thrust faulting are consistent with slip on the plate interface. At the location of this earthquake, the Philippine Sea plate is moving towards the northwest with respect to the Eurasian plate at approximately 6 cm/yr.
Following the quake, scientists held a meeting to analyze this earthquake’s impact on the Nankai Trough, ultimately issuing a first-of-its-kind “mega earthquake caution”, noting that in the short term the probability of a major earthquake was elevated, but not that one would definitely occur in the coming days.
The Verisk Earthquake and ALERT teams will continue to follow the situation around this earthquake, but no additional ALERT postings are planned at this time. Please contact your Verisk representative with any additional questions about this event.
Similar Stochastic Events | Downloads
Posting Date: August 8, 2024, 3:00:00 PM
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Similar Stochastic Event IDs
Note: These lists give event IDs taken from our stochastic catalog that have similar characteristics as the current event.
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| TOUCHSTONE / Re | Excel (xls) | Selected set of stochastic events, with Readme in Excel format |  |
| TOUCHSTONE / Re | CSV (csv) | Selected set of stochastic events, formatted for import into Touchstone/Re | |
