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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/31 05:08
Universal datetime 2016/12/30 20:08
Latitude 37.64 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 141.14 ° ± 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  72 1.037562e+06
Niigata  188 505272
Utsunomiya  166 449865
Iwaki  69 357309
Kōriyama  72 340560
Kawagoe  242 337931
Akita  247 320069
Morioka  230 295172
Fukushima  60 294237
Maebashi  231 282711
Yamagata  100 254538
Mito  153 246538
Nagaoka  203 195318
Sakata  181 100446
Tsuruoka  164 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 84.95 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 20:09:11.57 0.48 245.79 2.59 Automatic
II ERM P 20:09:41.82 2.71 18.85 4.64 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:10:45.5 0.74 6.78 9.39 Automatic
IU PET P 20:12:58.5 0.63 32.66 19.59 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:13:31.32 -0.4 12.63 22.78 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:13:56.2 -0.62 347.45 25.4 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:14:10.27 0.74 303.39 26.77 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:15:07.97 -0.8 16.82 33.49 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:15:17.67 -0.39 353.22 34.57 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:16:34.87 -0.11 301.7 43.69 Automatic
II KDAK P 20:16:58.12 -0.24 42.17 46.64 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:16:59.52 0.01 209.75 47.07 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:17:13.2 0.15 32.41 48.51 Automatic
II AAK P 20:17:23.97 0.54 297.95 49.87 Automatic
II BRVK P 20:17:23.87 0.24 312.07 49.9 Automatic
II NIL P 20:17:55.27 0.44 287.78 54.08 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:18:15.42 -3.84 187.53 57.93 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:18:21.52 2.26 174.33 57.93 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:19:14.57 4.4 141 65.36 Automatic
II OBN P 20:19:24.77 -0.12 323.11 67.23 Automatic
II KIV P 20:19:43.12 0.18 310.78 70.12 Automatic
IU GNI P 20:19:48.77 0.73 306.52 70.96 Automatic
II FFC P 20:19:59.37 -1.18 32.59 73.03 Automatic
II PFO P 20:20:31.42 -1.29 56.05 78.67 Automatic
IU RSSD P 20:20:35.17 -0.81 41.54 79.25 Automatic
II RAYN P 20:20:39.12 -1.06 292.13 80.07 Automatic
IU TUC P 20:20:55.57 -1.17 54.02 83.17 Automatic
IU ANMO P 20:21:01.2 -0.58 49.63 84.12 Automatic
II BFO P 20:21:02.17 -0.71 330.65 84.35 Automatic
IU CCM P 20:21:30.32 -0.94 38.59 90.23 Automatic