Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan on Thursday, 20 November 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.5 - North Pacific Ocean, 45 km ESE of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan, jueves, 20 nov. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 46 km depth
20 Nov 02:01 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 9 minutos.
Profundidad recalculada de 10.0 a 46.0 km.
Profundidad recalculada de 10.0 a 46.0 km.
Magnitud: 5.5
Profundidad: 46.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 37.38°N / 141.49°E

Volcán mas cercano: Adatara (90 km / 56 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
45 km al ESE de Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
65 km al NE de Iwaki (pop: 357,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
81 km al E de Funehikimachi-funehiki (Tamura) (pop: 23,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
92 km al SE de Watari (pop: 36,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
93 km al NE de Kitaibaraki (pop: 50,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
98 km al E de Kōriyama (pop: 340,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
98 km al E de Sukagawa (pop: 68,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
99 km al ESE de Fukushima (pop: 294,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
247 km al NE de Tokio (pop: 8,336,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
272 km al NE de Yokohama (pop: 3,574,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
347 km al ENE de Honshū Island (pop: 104,000,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
109 km al S de Ji-sannō-jima Island --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
M 5.5 | 46 km | Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan | GFZ |
M 5.5 | 40 km | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN | EMSC |
M 5.4 | 35 km | 54km ESE of Namie, Japan | USGS |
User reports for this quake (5)
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Kanagawa / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Sixth floor of my dorm, felt a back and forth shaking for 10-20 seconds
Tokyo, Shinjuku (246.2 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Building was noticebly shaking
torihama, Kanazwa-ku, Yokohama (247.3 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Tokio / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : I woke up because my bed was shaking.35th floor of the hotel.
Koto (Japan, 247 km SW of epicenter) : From the 10th floor of the IBM Toyosu Office Building in Tokyo, I judge the frequency of swaying was about 2 Hz, or two sway cycles per second. (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the M 5.5 terremoto: Océano Pacífico Norte, 45 km al este de Namie, Japón Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:51
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):- 13 Jan 2015 19:50 UTC| M 4.0 |35 km (21.7 mi) depth|13 km (8 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 24 Dec 2014 23:06 UTC| M 5.2 |14 km (8.7 mi) depth|17 km (11 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
- 20 Dec 2014 09:29 UTC| M 5.9 |43 km (26.7 mi) depth|9 km (6 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
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