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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/05 01:10
Universal datetime 2016/05/04 16:10
Latitude 38.58 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 141.89 ° ± 7 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  83 1.037562e+06
Niigata  260 505272
Utsunomiya  288 449865
Iwaki  191 357309
Kōriyama  186 340560
Akita  200 320069
Aomori  269 298394
Morioka  142 295172
Fukushima  156 294237
Yamagata  142 254538
Mito  276 246538
Hachinohe  216 239046
Hirosaki  252 174972
Sakata  181 100446
Tsuruoka  180 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.13
Azimuthal gap 149.22 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 16:11:14.27 2.7 236.24 3.56 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:12:20.70 2.9 4.06 8.4 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:15:08.47 0.8 12.18 21.74 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:15:35.47 -1.17 346.22 24.61 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:15:57.22 0.66 301.65 26.76 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:16:46.57 0.06 16.83 32.42 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:16:56.97 -0.73 352.65 33.71 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:18:07.62 -0.41 254.4 42.04 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:18:21.54 -0.65 301 43.71 Automatic
II KURK P 16:18:32.57 -1.12 307.08 45.14 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:18:56.27 1.06 210.25 48.18 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:19:08.57 -0.73 311.61 49.71 Automatic
II AAK P 16:19:10.57 -0.6 297.48 49.95 Automatic
II NIL P 16:19:43.67 -0.27 287.47 54.35 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:20:12.2 -1.4 188.27 58.94 Automatic
II KIV P 16:21:29.17 0.17 310.85 69.95 Automatic
II UOSS P 16:21:37.77 -0.77 287.62 71.56 Automatic
IU SFJD P 16:21:53.2 -0.26 5.05 73.99 Automatic
II BFO P 16:22:46.72 -0.54 331.02 83.81 Automatic
IU CCM P 16:23:13.47 0.29 39.05 89.13 Automatic