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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/28 22:40
Universal datetime 2017/01/28 13:40
Latitude 39.79 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 140.71 ° ± 4 km
Depth 145 km (from location) ± 4 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Sendai  168 1.037562e+06
Niigata  253 505272
Iwaki  303 357309
Kōriyama  265 340560
Akita  54 320069
Aomori  115 298394
Morioka  37 295172
Fukushima  228 294237
Hakodate  223 275730
Yamagata  172 254538
Hachinohe  107 239046
Hirosaki  90 174972
Sakata  121 100446
Tsuruoka  143 99820
Muroran  286 96197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.62
Azimuthal gap 115.44 °
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 13:41:14.57 -0.42 38.86 2.9 Automatic
IU MAJO P 13:41:27.7 0.51 212.11 3.79 Automatic
IU YSS P 13:42:13.45 0.04 11.03 7.33 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:43:06.17 0.31 262.63 11.23 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:44:58.37 -0.44 14.44 20.78 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:45:22.97 -0.53 346.85 23.23 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:45:42.62 -0.67 299.75 25.36 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:46:37.82 -0.17 18.06 31.55 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:46:44.92 -0.46 353.07 32.4 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:48:09.67 0.28 299.64 42.31 Automatic
II KURK P 13:48:20.52 0 305.91 43.69 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:48:46.77 1.08 33.45 46.9 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:48:56.17 0.05 310.6 48.23 Automatic
II AAK P 13:48:59.32 0.4 296.16 48.59 Automatic
II KAPI P 13:48:58.12 0.14 208.28 48.78 Automatic
IU PMG P 13:49:02.87 -0.54 171.63 49.55 Automatic
II NIL P 13:49:33.52 0.65 286.07 53.13 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:50:16.87 -1.52 186.9 60.01 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:50:19.7 0.11 173.99 60.1 Automatic
II KIV P 13:51:17.62 0.62 309.98 68.47 Automatic
II FFC P 13:51:34.42 -0.57 32.78 71.41 Automatic
II PFO P 13:52:11.97 0.46 56.19 77.76 Automatic
IU RSSD P 13:52:12.42 0.17 41.61 77.87 Automatic
II RAYN P 13:52:17.7 -0.88 291.52 78.96 Automatic
IU TUC P 13:52:36.62 1.32 54 82.19 Automatic
II BFO P 13:52:35.92 -0.22 330.3 82.32 Automatic
IU ANMO P 13:52:40.37 0.91 49.57 82.98 Automatic
IU CCM P 13:53:07.22 -0.62 38.34 88.76 Automatic