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M 5.1 - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 2015-04-12 19:25:00 UTC
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| Magnitude | Mw 5.1 | | Region | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN | | Date time | 2015-04-12 19:25:00.5 UTC | | Location | 37.21 N ; 143.89 E | | Depth | 2 km | | Distances | 291 km SE of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,037,562 / local time: 04:25:00.5 2015-04-13
258 km E of Namie, Japan / pop: 21,866 / local time: 04:25:00.5 2015-04-13
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Source parameters reviewed by a seismologistReferences for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area  . |
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Regional instrumental seismicityThis seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
| Date |
Long. |
Lat. |
Mag. |
Death |
Location |
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| 1611-12-02 | 144.0 | 39.0 | 8.1 | 5000 | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1793-02-17 | 144.5 | 38.5 | 8.3 | 720 | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1835-07-20 | 142.5 | 38.5 | 7.0 | many | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1896-06-15 | 144.0 | 39.5 | 8.2 | 22000 | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1933-03-03 | 144.5 | 39.2 | 8.1 | 3064 | OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 1978-06-12 | 142.2 | 38.2 | 7.4 | 28 | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 2011-03-11 | 142.5 | 38.3 | 9.0 | 1475 | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| 2011-04-07 | 141.6 | 38.3 | 7.1 | 3 | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
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