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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 115 km east of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 09:07 GMT

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

15 Aug 09:21 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 14 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 15, 2019 09:07:31 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.49°N / 142.62°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode	38.49°S / 37.38°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	Narugo (166 km / 103 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	102 km (63 mi) SE of Ofunato (pop: 35,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 109 km (68 mi) SE of Kamaishi (pop: 43,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 115 km (72 mi) E of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) E of Furukawa (pop: 76,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 155 km (96 mi) E of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 157 km (98 mi) ESE of Kitakami (pop: 93,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 185 km (115 mi) SE of Morioka (pop: 295,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 199 km (123 mi) E of Yamagata (pop: 254,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 206 km (128 mi) ENE of Fukushima (pop: 294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 406 km (252 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 107 km (67 mi) ENE of Tashiro Jima Island (pop: 100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.0	10 km	Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan	GFZ
4.8	54 km	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	EMSC
4.8	34 km	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Matsushiro, Japan (MAJO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 445 km / 277 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: 0.1-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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