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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 81 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Friday, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:31 pm (GMT +9) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 81 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Friday, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:31 pm (GMT +9) Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 81 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, on Friday, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:31 pm (GMT +9)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 61 km depth

26 Feb 11:39 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Date & time: Feb 26, 2021 11:31:35 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Friday, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:31 pm (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 61.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 41.053°N / 142.129°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode: 41.053°S / 37.871°W
Nearest volcano: Hakkoda (114 km / 71 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
74 km (46 mi) NE of Misawa (pop: 42,800) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) ESE of Mutsu (pop: 49,200) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) NE of Hachinohe (pop: 239,000) --> See nearby quakes!
120 km (75 mi) ENE of Aomori (pop: 298,400) --> See nearby quakes!
141 km (88 mi) SE of Hakodate (pop: 275,700) --> See nearby quakes!
149 km (92 mi) ENE of Hirosaki (pop: 175,000) --> See nearby quakes!
172 km (107 mi) NNE of Morioka (pop: 295,200) --> See nearby quakes!
226 km (141 mi) NE of Akita (pop: 320,100) --> See nearby quakes!
233 km (145 mi) SSE of Sapporo (pop: 1,883,000) --> See nearby quakes!
633 km (393 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
254 km (158 mi) ESE of Okushiri Island (pop: 3,340) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds -2.3°C (28 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 13 m/s (26 kts) from NW
Primary data source: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
5.061 kmE OFF AOMORI PREF, JapanNIED
4.864 km70 Km NE of Misawa, JapanUSGS
4.873 kmHOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGIONEMSC
4.967 kmHokkaido, Japan RegionGFZ

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