Mag. 4.5 earthquake - East China Sea, 127 km southwest of Sendai, Kagoshima, Japan, on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 22:28 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 5.4 quake East China Sea, 99 km west of Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan, 7 May 2016 05:42 GMT, which had occurred 6 days earlier.
Mag. 4.5 earthquake - East China Sea, 127 km southwest of Sendai, Kagoshima, Japan, on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 22:28 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

12 May 22:56 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 28 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 12.0 to 6.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 6.0 to 30.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 30.0 to 10.0 km.
Date & time: 12 May 2016 22:28:20 UTC
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.17°N / 129.2°E (East China Sea, Japan)
Nearest volcano: Kikai (110 km / 68 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
107 km (66 mi) W of Makurazaki (pop: 25,000) --> See nearby quakes!
110 km (68 mi) WSW of Kaseda-shirakame (Minamisatsuma) (pop: 23,700) --> See nearby quakes!
118 km (73 mi) WSW of Kushikino (pop: 25,700) --> See nearby quakes!
124 km (77 mi) WSW of Ijūin (Hioki) (pop: 25,200) --> See nearby quakes!
127 km (79 mi) SW of Sendai (pop: 73,100) --> See nearby quakes!
136 km (84 mi) WSW of Kagoshima (pop: 555,400) --> See nearby quakes!
138 km (86 mi) W of Ibusuki (pop: 29,700) --> See nearby quakes!
159 km (99 mi) W of Kanoya (pop: 82,300) --> See nearby quakes!
293 km (182 mi) SSW of Fukuoka (pop: 1,392,300) --> See nearby quakes!
1095 km (680 mi) WSW of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
125 km (78 mi) NW of Kuchinoerabu-jima Island (pop: 147) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.510 km KYUSHU, JAPANEMSC
M 4.56.9 km- 106km W of Makurazaki, JapanUSGS

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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - East China Sea, 127 km southwest of Sendai, Kagoshima, Japan, on Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 22:28 (GMT)
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