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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - 28 km north of Misawa, Aomori, Japan, on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 05:32 GMT

Moderate magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 105 km depth

15 Aug 05:42 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 15, 2019 05:32:54 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.2
Depth	105.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	40.92°N / 141.27°E (Kamikita-gun, Aomori, Japan)
Antipode	40.92°S / 38.73°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Hakkoda (44 km / 27 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	28 km (17 mi) NNW of Misawa (pop: 42,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (26 mi) S of Mutsu (pop: 49,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Aomori (pop: 298,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 51 km (31 mi) NNW of Hachinohe (pop: 239,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 62 km (38 mi) ENE of Namioka (Aomori) (pop: 20,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 65 km (41 mi) ENE of Kuroishi (pop: 38,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) E of Goshogawara (pop: 49,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) ENE of Hirosaki (pop: 175,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 239 km (148 mi) S of Sapporo (Hokkaido) (pop: 1,883,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 598 km (371 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	4 x 10¹² joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.2	105 km	Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan	GFZ
5.4	92 km	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	EMSC
5.4	95 km	Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan	GeoAu
5.5	51 km	Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan	BMKG
5.4	88 km	24km NNW of Misawa, Japan	USGS
5.3	100 km	日本本州岛 (Japan)	CEIC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Matsushiro, Japan (MAJO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 554 km / 344 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Matsushiro, Japan: 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: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Misawa / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 15, 2019 06:06 3 years ago	4.9 86 km	23 km NW of Misawa, Aomori, Japan	More

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