Strong Mag. 6.4 Earthquake - Philippine Sea, 357 km Northwest of Futami, Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 04:39 GMT

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Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Southeast of Honshu, Japan on Tuesday, 4 June 2019 - information

Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 357 km northwest of Futami, Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 04:39 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 430 km depth

4 Jun 04:46 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Jun 4 04:47: Magnitude recalculated from 6.0 to 6.1.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 429.0 to 430.0 km.
Jun 5 06:46: Magnitude recalculated from 6.1 to 6.4.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jun 4, 2019 04:39:17 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.4
Depth	430.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	29.01°N / 139.29°E (Philippine Sea, Japan)
Antipode	29.01°S / 40.71°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	3 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Sofugan (134 km / 83 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	357 km (222 mi) NW of Futami (pop: 897) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 744 km (462 mi) S of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 359 km (223 mi) NW of Chichijima Island (pop: 2,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 384 km (238 mi) NW of Hillsborough Island (pop: 2,580) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.4	430 km	Southeast of Honshu, Japan	GFZ
6.3	435 km	Izu Islands, Japan Region	EMSC
6.0	434 km	Southeast of Honshu, Japan	GeoAu
6.3	430 km	Izu Islands, Japan region	USGS
6.1	430 km	Southeast of Honshu,Japan	IMD
6.2	418 km	Southeast of Honshu, Japan	BMKG
6.4	430 km	日本本州东南海域 (Japan)	CEIC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 9961 km / 6189 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Berkely, CA / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Bend / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

747.8 km N of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)

890.6 km NW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Iwatsuki (Japan, 761 km N of epicenter) : I didn't notice at all (reported through EMSC)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Sep 10, 2019 18:04 4 years ago	4.1 375 km	Philippine Sea, 377 km NW of Futami, Tokyo, Japan	More
Aug 21, 2019 21:24 4 years ago	4.2 400 km	Philippine Sea, 273 km NW of Futami, Tokyo, Japan	More

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