Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - Yama-gun, 19 km west of Kitakata, Fukushima, Japan, on Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 2:05 am (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 178 km depth
26 Jan 17:18 UTC: First to report: NIED after 12 minutes.
Date & time: 26 Jan 2021 17:05:44 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 2:05 am (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 2.8
Depth: 178.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.713°N / 139.663°E
(Yama-gun, Fukushima, Japan)Nearest volcano: Numazawa (30 km / 19 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
19 km (12 mi) WNW of Kitakata (pop: 37,100) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) SE of Shibata (Niigata) (pop: 80,800) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) WSW of Yonezawa (Yamagata) (pop: 94,500) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) E of Niitsu (Niigata) (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
64 km (40 mi) E of Sanjō (Niigata) (pop: 82,900) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) W of Fukushima (pop: 294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (45 mi) WNW of Kōriyama (pop: 340,600) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (49 mi) NW of Sukagawa (pop: 68,800) --> See nearby quakes!
122 km (76 mi) WSW of Sendai (Miyagi) (pop: 1,063,100) --> See nearby quakes!
225 km (140 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Light Rain
2.8°C (37 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SE
Primary data source: NIEDLight Rain
2.8°C (37 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SEEstimated released energy: 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 2.8 | 178 km | WESTERN FUKUSHIMA PREF, Japan | NIED |
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