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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Hokkaido, Japan Region on Sunday, 10 August 2014

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Hokkaido, Japan Region on Sunday, 10 August 2014

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Hokkaido, Japan Region on Sunday, 10 August 2014
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 58.0 km.
Date & time: Sun, 10 Aug 03:43:19 UTC
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 58.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 41.17°N / 142.19°E
Nearest volcano: Mutsu-Hiuchi-dake (115 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sun, 10 Aug
Sun, 10 Aug 03:43 UTCM 6.0 / 30 km HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Aug 03:43 UTCM 6.0 / 30 km HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Aug 03:43 UTCM 6.0 / 41 km81km E of Mutsu, Japan[Map]USGS
Sun, 10 Aug 03:43 UTCM 6.0 / 37.7 km81km ESE of Mutsu, Japan[Map]USGS

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
misawa / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
Meguro (Japan) (662 km S from epicenter)(no details): Very mild. But woke me up. Latest about 20 seconds. (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Fri, 15 Aug
Fri, 15 Aug 03:19 UTCM 4.6 / 50 km - [info] (124 km)Hokkaido, Japan Region
[Map]		GFZ
Date City, Ohtaki Ward HOkkaido Japan (181.9 km NNE from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Wed, 27 Aug
Wed, 27 Aug 04:48 UTCM 5.4 / 30 km - [info] (175 km) HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
[Map]		EMSC
Sat, 6 Sep
Sat, 6 Sep 08:31 UTCM 4.8 / 65.1 km - [info] (118 km)34km SSE of Shizunai, Japan
[Map]		USGS
Fri, 3 Oct
Fri, 3 Oct 00:57 UTCM 5.6 / 43 km - [info] (113 km)Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan[Map]GFZ
Sat, 11 Oct
Sat, 11 Oct 02:35 UTCM 6.3 / 14 km - [info] (202 km)ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
[Map]		GeoAu
Sat, 11 Oct 05:20 UTCM 5.6 / 10 km - [info] (182 km)Hokkaido, Japan Region[Map]GFZ
Sat, 11 Oct 09:58 UTCM 4.4 / 31.9 km - [info] (182 km)143km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan[Map]USGS
Mon, 13 Oct
Mon, 13 Oct 21:25 UTCM 4.9 / 76 km - [info] (70 km)Hokkaido, Japan Region[Map]GFZ
Tue, 14 Oct
Tue, 14 Oct 18:08 UTCM 5.1 / 32 km - [info] (188 km)OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN[Map]EMSC
Mon, 27 Oct
Mon, 27 Oct 04:33 UTCM 4.6 / 95 km - [info] (84 km)NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN[Map]EMSC
Sat, 1 Nov
Sat, 1 Nov 07:47 UTCM 4.7 / 51.8 km - [info] (113 km)42km SSE of Shizunai, Japan[Map]USGS
Sun, 28 Dec
Sun, 28 Dec 09:00 UTCM 4.7 / 61.5 km - [info] (113 km)44km SSE of Shizunai, Japan[Map]USGS

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