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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/22 15:11
Universal datetime 2016/08/22 06:11
Latitude 38.39 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 142.08 ° ± 4 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  93 1.037562e+06
Niigata  271 505272
Utsunomiya  282 449865
Iwaki  181 357309
Kōriyama  185 340560
Akita  226 320069
Aomori  295 298394
Morioka  169 295172
Fukushima  159 294237
Yamagata  154 254538
Mito  265 246538
Hachinohe  240 239046
Hirosaki  279 174972
Sakata  203 100446
Tsuruoka  199 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.13
Azimuthal gap 40.6 °
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 31

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 06:12:03.52 1.29 240.28 3.59 Automatic
II ERM P 06:12:03.37 -0.58 12.43 3.72 Automatic
IU YSS P 06:13:10.60 -0.12 3.11 8.59 Automatic
IU PET P 06:15:23.80 0.32 32.6 18.56 Automatic
IU MA2 P 06:15:58.92 -0.84 11.84 21.9 Automatic
IU YAK P 06:16:27.62 -1.44 346.13 24.84 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:16:49.37 0.39 301.95 26.99 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:17:38.22 0.08 16.64 32.57 Automatic
IU TIXI P 06:17:48.57 -1.35 352.59 33.92 Automatic
IU MIDW P 06:18:01.44 1.23 94.51 35.07 Automatic
IU CHTO P 06:18:59.2 -0.1 254.77 42.12 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:19:13.97 -0.41 301.22 43.93 Automatic
II KURK P 06:19:25.27 -0.65 307.27 45.38 Automatic
IU TARA P 06:19:33.67 0.11 135.11 46.57 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:19:45.27 2.88 32.78 47.49 Automatic
II KAPI P 06:19:45.72 0.89 210.57 48.09 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:20:01.17 -0.31 311.77 49.95 Automatic
II AAK P 06:20:03.92 0.71 297.68 50.17 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:21:00.27 -1.13 175.41 58.61 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:21:00.57 -1.99 188.49 58.77 Automatic
IU MBWA P 06:21:31.22 -1.23 203.42 63.13 Automatic
IU COR P 06:22:03.37 2.61 50.47 66.98 Automatic
II KIV P 06:22:21.97 1.14 310.98 70.19 Automatic
II PFO P 06:23:04.42 -0.04 56.67 77.64 Automatic
IU RSSD P 06:23:06.62 -1.05 42.11 78.2 Automatic
II RAYN P 06:23:20.92 1.15 292.54 80.47 Automatic
IU TUC P 06:23:28.2 -0.78 54.62 82.14 Automatic
IU ANMO P 06:23:33.47 -0.22 50.22 83.07 Automatic
II BFO P 06:23:39.92 1.07 331.13 84.06 Automatic
IU CCM P 06:24:02.72 -1.09 39.17 89.19 Automatic
IU WVT P 06:24:18.12 -0.55 38.2 92.38 Automatic