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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/16 16:37
Universal datetime 2016/10/16 07:37
Latitude 38.50 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 141.01 ° ± 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
Sendai  23 1.037562e+06
Niigata  184 505272
Utsunomiya  238 449865
Iwaki  160 357309
Kōriyama  133 340560
Akita  156 320069
Morioka  136 295172
Fukushima  96 294237
Yamagata  65 254538
Mito  241 246538
Hachinohe  228 239046
Nagaoka  222 195318
Hirosaki  235 174972
Sakata  111 100446
Tsuruoka  105 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.06
Azimuthal gap 153.07 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 07:37:55.7 1.4 229.6 2.96 Automatic
II ERM P 07:38:03.77 -2.54 24.31 3.88 Automatic
IU YSS P 07:39:09.35 -1.12 8.07 8.56 Automatic
IU PET P 07:41:26.20 -1.63 34.18 18.93 Automatic
IU MA2 P 07:41:58.57 -2.12 13.27 21.98 Automatic
IU YAK P 07:42:31.7 4.65 347.19 24.54 Automatic
IU ULN P 07:42:42.92 0.81 301.98 26.22 Automatic
IU TIXI P 07:43:50.72 2.55 353.14 33.71 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 07:45:08.24 0.03 300.91 43.16 Automatic
II KURK P 07:45:19.22 -0.94 307.02 44.64 Automatic
II KAPI P 07:45:40.17 -2.23 209.2 47.76 Automatic
IU COLA P 07:45:48.67 3.34 32.82 47.85 Automatic
II BRVK P 07:45:55.67 -0.56 311.51 49.25 Automatic
II AAK P 07:45:57.2 -0.22 297.26 49.38 Automatic
II KIV P 07:48:16.67 0.11 310.49 69.48 Automatic
II UOSS P 07:48:23.97 -1.18 287.17 70.92 Automatic
II FFC P 07:48:36.7 1.89 32.67 72.37 Automatic
II PFO P 07:49:10.42 2.3 56.13 78.28 Automatic
IU RSSD P 07:49:12.42 2 41.59 78.68 Automatic
II RAYN P 07:49:13.67 -1.77 291.91 79.65 Automatic
IU TUC P 07:49:34.12 1.98 54.03 82.76 Automatic
II BFO P 07:49:35.17 -1.21 330.54 83.55 Automatic
IU ANMO P 07:49:34.42 -2.32 49.62 83.65 Automatic
IU CCM P 07:50:02.77 -3.23 38.51 89.63 Automatic