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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2017/12/21 00:39
Universal datetime 2017/12/20 15:39
Latitude 30.84 ° ± 14 km
Longitude 131.73 ° ± 9 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
Fukuoka  330 1.392289e+06
Hiroshima  399 1.143841e+06
Kitakyūshū  346 997536
Kumamoto  238 680423
Kagoshima  138 555352
Ōita  266 448907
Nagasaki  275 410204
Kōchi  347 335570
Takamatsu  445 334223
Miyazaki  123 311203
Tokushima  445 267345
Shimonoseki  354 245786
Sasebo  320 237444
Kure  386 196624
Kanoya  103 82335

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.4
Azimuthal gap 214.03 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 15:41:48.97 -0.71 41.62 7.84 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:45:22.87 -0.1 319.17 25.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:46:15.47 0.58 358.15 31.22 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:46:21.74 -0.05 255.65 31.94 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:47:37.72 0.52 358.62 40.82 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:47:49.97 0.17 18.42 42.34 Automatic
II KURK P 15:48:00.57 -0.54 312.85 43.68 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:48:42.57 -0.22 315.59 48.97 Automatic
II BFO P 15:52:37.77 0 326.19 86.05 Automatic
IU RSSD P 15:52:54.22 0.34 36.41 89.42 Automatic