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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/27 00:01
Universal datetime 2016/04/26 15:01
Latitude 38.22 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 141.61 ° ± 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  52 1.037562e+06
Niigata  228 505272
Utsunomiya  241 449865
Iwaki  144 357309
Kōriyama  140 340560
Akita  212 320069
Morioka  172 295172
Fukushima  113 294237
Yamagata  113 254538
Mito  228 246538
Hachinohe  255 239046
Nagaoka  256 195318
Hirosaki  279 174972
Sakata  172 100446
Tsuruoka  164 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.33
Azimuthal gap 138.05 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 15:02:14.62 3.03 239.32 3.18 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:03:29.80 1.41 5.17 8.78 Automatic
IU PET P 15:05:45.95 3.58 32.96 18.91 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:06:17.7 -0.28 12.35 22.14 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:06:43.82 -0.92 346.7 24.92 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:07:02.67 0.75 302.33 26.76 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:07:54.42 -1.06 16.82 32.84 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:08:04.72 -1.22 352.87 34.05 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:09:10.19 -0.59 254.55 41.72 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:09:27.37 -0.12 301.28 43.7 Automatic
II KURK P 15:09:37.97 -1.39 307.33 45.19 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:09:57.52 0.32 210.06 47.75 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:10:14.57 -0.63 311.79 49.79 Automatic
II NIL P 15:10:48.72 0.21 287.59 54.25 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:11:14.37 -1.62 187.99 58.55 Automatic
II OBN P 15:12:15.17 -0.61 323.12 66.99 Automatic
II KIV P 15:12:35.2 0.27 310.82 70.02 Automatic
IU GNI P 15:12:41.52 1.36 306.58 70.91 Automatic
II UOSS P 15:12:42.32 -0.93 287.58 71.46 Automatic
IU ANMO P 15:13:51.7 0.38 49.93 83.47 Automatic
II BFO P 15:13:52.62 -1.04 330.88 84.03 Automatic
IU CCM P 15:14:19.62 -0.89 38.88 89.56 Automatic