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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/15 12:30
Universal datetime 2015/05/15 03:30
Latitude 37.24 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 141.08 ° ± 6 km
Depth 66 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Tokyo  209 8.336599e+06
Kawasaki  226 1.306785e+06
Sendai  117 1.037562e+06
Niigata  195 505272
Utsunomiya  132 449865
Iwaki  26 357309
Kōriyama  65 340560
Kawagoe  204 337931
Fukushima  77 294237
Maebashi  202 282711
Yamagata  133 254538
Mito  110 246538
Nagaoka  198 195318
Sakata  216 100446
Tsuruoka  196 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.11
Azimuthal gap 160.3 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 03:31:14.22 -1.98 254.12 2.4 Automatic
II ERM P 03:31:52.37 0.3 17.88 5.04 Automatic
IU YSS P 03:32:55.70 -1.41 6.76 9.8 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:33:24.72 4.16 275.59 11.48 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:35:39.97 -0.14 12.5 23.19 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:36:03.92 0.09 347.7 25.78 Automatic
IU ULN P 03:36:14.37 -0.46 304.08 26.95 Automatic
II TLY P 03:36:41.22 -0.02 310.92 29.92 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:37:15.17 -0.65 16.68 33.9 Automatic
IU TIXI P 03:37:24.42 -0.59 353.32 34.97 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:38:15.19 -1.19 255.18 41.06 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 03:38:39.39 -0.28 302.05 43.86 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:38:59.37 -0.48 209.86 46.69 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:39:19.92 0.97 32.21 48.88 Automatic
II AAK P 03:39:27.62 -0.11 298.23 50.01 Automatic
II BRVK P 03:39:28.27 -0.33 312.31 50.13 Automatic
II NIL P 03:39:58.62 0.12 288.03 54.15 Automatic
II OBN P 03:41:29.15 -0.46 323.19 67.52 Automatic
II KIV P 03:41:47.17 0.02 310.87 70.34 Automatic
IU GNI P 03:41:53.7 1 306.61 71.16 Automatic
II UOSS P 03:41:52.42 -0.62 287.62 71.35 Automatic
II FFC P 03:42:05.7 -0.44 32.49 73.4 Automatic
IU RSSD P 03:42:41.17 0.66 41.46 79.59 Automatic
IU ANMO P 03:43:07.7 1.32 49.56 84.42 Automatic
II BFO P 03:43:06.67 -0.47 330.64 84.68 Automatic
IU CCM P 03:43:36.42 0.99 38.55 90.58 Automatic