Minor mag. 3.3 earthquake - Mogami-gun, 14 km north of Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, on Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 5:52 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 3.3 earthquake at 130 km depth
10 Feb 09:00 UTC: First to report: NIED after 8 minutes.
Date & time: 10 Feb 2021 08:52:03 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 5:52 pm (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 3.3
Depth: 129.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.877°N / 140.35°E
(Mogami-gun, Yamagata, Japan)Nearest volcano: Hijiori (34 km / 21 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
14 km (9 mi) NNE of Shinjō (pop: 41,100) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) N of Obanazawa (pop: 20,800) --> See nearby quakes!
35 km (22 mi) SSW of Yuzawa (Akita) (pop: 33,500) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) ESE of Yuza (pop: 17,100) --> See nearby quakes!
43 km (27 mi) E of Sakata (pop: 100,400) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) N of Higashine (pop: 45,800) --> See nearby quakes!
49 km (30 mi) ENE of Tsuruoka (pop: 99,800) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (44 mi) N of Yamagata (pop: 254,500) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (51 mi) NW of Sendai (Miyagi) (pop: 1,063,100) --> See nearby quakes!
359 km (223 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds
3°C (37 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 6 m/s (12 kts) from W
Primary data source: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Broken Clouds
3°C (37 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 6 m/s (12 kts) from WEstimated released energy: 5.6 x 109 joules (1.56 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.34 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.3 | 130 km | NORTHERN YAMAGATA PREF, Japan | NIED |
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Minuma-Ku Saitama / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : It was the strong earthquake I experienced so far in my whole life . I was very shocked . My knees is shaking
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