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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/15 14:05
Universal datetime 2016/03/15 05:05
Latitude 39.64 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 143.03 ° ± 6 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Sendai  230 1.037562e+06
Iwaki  343 357309
Kōriyama  339 340560
Akita  252 320069
Aomori  237 298394
Morioka  163 295172
Fukushima  307 294237
Hakodate  307 275730
Yamagata  280 254538
Hachinohe  159 239046
Hirosaki  241 174972
Tomakomai  356 174806
Sakata  286 100446
Tsuruoka  296 99820
Muroran  346 96197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.5
Azimuthal gap 181.41 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II ERM P 05:06:05.12 1.06 2.3 2.37 Automatic
IU MAJO P 05:06:40.42 1.52 232.29 4.9 Automatic
IU YSS P 05:07:13.45 1.5 358.56 7.32 Automatic
IU PET P 05:09:25.65 1.14 33.41 17.11 Automatic
IU MA2 P 05:10:03.22 -0.31 11.22 20.52 Automatic
IU YAK P 05:10:37.22 -1.03 344.44 23.81 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:11:08.87 1.34 299.68 26.98 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:11:42.62 -1.72 16.68 31.16 Automatic
IU TIXI P 05:11:57.87 -0.71 351.81 32.78 Automatic
IU CHTO P 05:13:26.57 0.36 254.27 43.17 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 05:13:30.29 -2.64 300.3 43.92 Automatic
II KURK P 05:13:43.52 0.26 306.43 45.22 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:13:50.27 0.66 33.45 46.03 Automatic
II BRVK P 05:14:18.87 0.87 311.16 49.67 Automatic
II AAK P 05:14:23.47 1.05 297.07 50.25 Automatic
II NIL P 05:14:53.22 -3.51 287.28 54.88 Automatic
II KIV P 05:16:39.52 1.72 311.06 69.92 Automatic
II FFC P 05:16:39.97 -1.73 33.72 70.55 Automatic
II RAYN P 05:17:39.7 -0.35 292.9 80.67 Automatic
IU ANMO P 05:17:47.12 1.96 50.88 81.7 Automatic
IU CCM P 05:18:14.22 -1.42 39.77 87.75 Automatic