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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2018/05/13 01:49
Universal datetime 2018/05/12 16:49
Latitude 38.67 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 141.74 ° ± 7 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  76 1.037562e+06
Niigata  251 505272
Iwaki  195 357309
Kōriyama  184 340560
Akita  184 320069
Aomori  255 298394
Morioka  128 295172
Fukushima  152 294237
Yamagata  132 254538
Mito  279 246538
Hachinohe  205 239046
Nagaoka  287 195318
Hirosaki  237 174972
Sakata  167 100446
Tsuruoka  166 99820

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.24
Azimuthal gap 159.97 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MAJO P 16:50:31.12 2.22 233.91 3.52 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:51:37.95 3.26 4.8 8.32 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:54:26.62 1.63 12.42 21.68 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:54:52.32 -1.26 346.33 24.5 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:55:14.42 1.2 301.53 26.61 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:56:03.77 -0.27 16.96 32.37 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:56:14.7 -0.71 352.71 33.61 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:57:38.49 -0.49 300.9 43.56 Automatic
II KURK P 16:57:49.67 -0.83 306.99 45 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:58:13.77 0.47 210.03 48.2 Automatic
II BRVK P 16:58:25.77 -0.38 311.53 49.56 Automatic
II AAK P 16:58:27.72 -0.32 297.36 49.81 Automatic
II KIV P 17:00:46.27 0.21 310.76 69.8 Automatic
II FFC P 17:00:58.27 -0.66 33.01 71.91 Automatic
IU KIEV P 17:01:03.27 -1.53 322.25 72.89 Automatic
IU RSSD P 17:01:34.82 -0.26 41.98 78.17 Automatic
II RAYN P 17:01:43.99 -1.48 292.3 80.12 Automatic
IU ANMO P 17:02:02.37 0.97 50.05 83.09 Automatic
II BFO P 17:02:03.62 -0.92 330.93 83.68 Automatic
IU CCM P 17:02:30.32 -0.85 38.96 89.13 Automatic