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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/21 01:10
Universal datetime 2016/08/20 16:10
Latitude 40.53 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 143.21 ° ± 5 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
Sapporo  323 1.883027e+06
Sendai  312 1.037562e+06
Akita  281 320069
Aomori  214 298394
Morioka  199 295172
Hakodate  250 275730
Yamagata  353 254538
Hachinohe  141 239046
Kushiro  288 183612
Hirosaki  232 174972
Tomakomai  273 174806
Obihiro  267 173890
Otaru  349 143792
Sakata  339 100446
Muroran  275 96197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.58
Azimuthal gap 133.98 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II ERM P 16:11:07.82 3.98 358.56 1.49 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:12:01.37 0.77 226.07 5.58 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:12:11.95 -0.28 357.28 6.44 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:13:47.87 2.21 262.01 13.22 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:15:09.2 2.89 11.45 19.63 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:15:39.72 -2.79 343.69 23 Automatic
IU TATO P 16:15:50.32 -0.71 235.97 23.87 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:16:17.42 0.32 298.13 26.67 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:16:46.47 -2.39 17.01 30.27 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:18:38.62 -2.68 44.28 43.44 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:18:41.34 -0.22 253.52 43.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:18:42.49 -0.19 299.55 43.6 Automatic
II KURK P 16:18:51.77 -0.57 305.75 44.81 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:18:57.17 1.64 33.93 45.22 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:19:26.52 -0.18 310.62 49.19 Automatic
II AAK P 16:19:32.67 0.01 296.47 49.97 Automatic
IU KEV P 16:20:47.42 -0.86 339.09 60.42 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:20:50.42 1.41 189.51 61.02 Automatic
II OBN P 16:21:23.57 -1.14 323.1 65.88 Automatic
II KIV P 16:21:47.47 0.27 310.89 69.44 Automatic
IU GNI P 16:21:54.52 0.71 306.68 70.52 Automatic
II UOSS P 16:22:00.97 -1.13 287.75 71.93 Automatic
IU ANTO P 16:22:35.59 -0.21 312.59 77.7 Automatic
IU TUC P 16:22:50.97 1.53 55.53 80.2 Automatic
II RAYN P 16:22:49.7 -1.5 292.87 80.45 Automatic
IU ANMO P 16:22:55.52 1.54 51.09 81.04 Automatic
II BFO P 16:23:00.97 -1.33 331.64 82.59 Automatic
IU CCM P 16:23:23.17 -1.13 39.91 86.98 Automatic