Strong Mag. 6.0 Earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 138 km Northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 23:46 GMT

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Hokkaido, Japan Region on Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 138 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 23:46 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 42 km depth

28 Aug 23:55 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Aug 28 23:56: Magnitude recalculated from 5.7 to 5.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 56.0 to 46.0 km.
Aug 28 23:58: Magnitude recalculated from 5.8 to 6.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 46.0 to 42.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 28, 2019 23:46:42 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6
Depth	42.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	41.1°N / 142.93°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode	41.1°S / 37.07°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	7 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Mutsu-Hiuchi-dake (161 km / 100 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	137 km (85 mi) ENE of Misawa (pop: 42,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 138 km (86 mi) ENE of Hachinohe (pop: 239,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) E of Mutsu (pop: 49,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) SSE of Shizunai-furukawachō (pop: 22,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 182 km (113 mi) NNE of Miyako (pop: 51,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) E of Aomori (pop: 298,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 198 km (123 mi) ESE of Hakodate (pop: 275,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 217 km (135 mi) NE of Morioka (pop: 295,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 255 km (158 mi) SSE of Sapporo (pop: 1,883,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 665 km (413 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 259 km (161 mi) S of Hokkaido Island (pop: 5,500,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹³ joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 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
6.0	42 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	GFZ
6.0	33 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	EMSC
6.1	17 km	Hokkaido, Japan region	USGS
6.0	48 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	BMKG
6.0	36 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	GeoAu
6.1	20 km	Off east coast of Honshu, Japan [Sea: Japan]	INGV
6.0	20 km	日本北海道附近海域 (Japan)	CEIC
6.1	10 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	IMD

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Hakodate / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Misawa-Shi Aomori / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Sapporo / not felt

Toyohira-ku / Weak shaking (MMI III)

New York (10185.7 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Tokyo (667.7 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Russia. Sankt-Peterburg.not felt. / not felt :

Hakodate, Hokkaido / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Daita Setagaya TOKYO JAPAN / not felt

New chitose airport / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Feel like dizziness and soup inside the bowl is shaking.

Misawa / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Nov 6, 2019 22:03 3 years ago	4.8 34 km	North Pacific Ocean, 114 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan	More
Oct 30, 2019 02:12 3 years ago	4.5 50 km	North Pacific Ocean, 90 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan	More
Oct 20, 2019 02:19 3 years ago	4.3 40 km	North Pacific Ocean, 91 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan	More

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