Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.4 - East China Sea, 99 km W of Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan, sábado, 07 may. 2016

Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.4 - East China Sea, 99 km W of Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan, sábado, 07 may. 2016

Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 42 km depth

7 May 05:51 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 9 minutos.
May 7 05:56: Magnitud recalculada de 5.0 a 5.1.
May 7 08:02: Magnitud recalculada de 5.1 a 5.4.
Profundidad recalculada de 10.0 a 42.0 km.
Fecha & hora: 7 May 2016 05:42:18 UTC
Magnitud: 5.4
Profundidad: 42.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 31.2°N / 129.28°E (East China Sea, Japón)
Volcán mas cercano: Kikai (95 km / 59 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
99 km al O de Makurazaki (pop: 25,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
101 km al OSO de Kaseda-shirakame (Minamisatsuma) (pop: 23,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
110 km al OSO de Kushikino (pop: 25,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
119 km al SO de Sendai (pop: 73,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
126 km al SO de Akune (pop: 25,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
127 km al OSO de Kagoshima (pop: 555,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
130 km al O de Ibusuki (pop: 29,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
142 km al SO de Izumi (pop: 39,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
287 km al SSO de Fukuoka (pop: 1,392,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
1087 km al OSO de Tokio (pop: 8,336,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
212 km al SO de Kyushu Island (pop: 13,232,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
122 km al NO de Kuchinoerabu-jima Island (pop: 147) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 5.442 kmKyushu, JapanGFZ
M 5.140 km KYUSHU, JAPANEMSC
M 5.244 km- 94km W of Makurazaki, JapanUSGS

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Kagoshima (125.9 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Hotelzimmer in der 14. Etage im Stadtzentrum (reported through our app)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (34 quakes):
  • 24 Jun 2016 11:11 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    1.1 km (0.7 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 23 Jun 2016 16:53 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    2.4 km (1.5 mi) depth
    |
    27 km (17 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 16 Jun 2016 11:39 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    0.7 km (0.4 mi) depth
    |
    28 km (17 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 09 Jun 2016 21:27 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    2 km (1.2 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 03 Jun 2016 23:16 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    0.9 km (0.6 mi) depth
    |
    26 km (16 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 02 Jun 2016 20:08 UTC
    | M 3.3 |
    2.2 km (1.4 mi) depth
    |
    24 km (15 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 24 May 2016 09:34 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    4.2 km (2.6 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 23 May 2016 15:17 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    26 km (16 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 21 May 2016 01:40 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    0.2 km (0.1 mi) depth
    |
    29 km (18 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 18 May 2016 11:50 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    0.2 km (0.1 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 13 May 2016 23:18 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    4.8 km (3 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 13 May 2016 19:05 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 13 May 2016 04:12 UTC
    | M 2.5 |
    5 km (3.1 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 12 May 2016 22:28 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 12 May 2016 10:16 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    1.5 km (0.9 mi) depth
    |
    23 km (14 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
  • 09 May 2016 16:14 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    5.8 km (3.6 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | NIED | Details
    • Show all

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Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.4 - East China Sea, 99 km W of Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan, sábado, 07 may. 2016
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