Terremoto leve mag. 4.9 - Philippines Sea, 50 km SSE of Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, martes, 06 oct. 2020 -

Terremoto leve mag. 4.9 - Philippines Sea, 50 km SSE of Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, martes, 06 oct. 2020

Terremoto leve magnitud 4.9 at 300 km depth

6 Oct 23:11 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 9 minutos.
Fecha & hora: 6 Oct 2020 23:02:06 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: 7 Oct 8:02 am (GMT +9)
Magnitud: 4.9
Profundidad: 300.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 34.28°N / 138.05°E (Philippines Sea, Japón)
Volcán mas cercano: Kozu-shima (102 km / 63 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
39 km al SSO de Ōyama (Omaezaki) (pop: 21,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
50 km al SSE de Iwata (pop: 88,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
54 km al S de Kakegawa (pop: 84,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
55 km al SSE de Hamamatsu (pop: 605,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
63 km al SSE de Hamakita (pop: 86,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
68 km al SSO de Fujieda (pop: 132,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
70 km al SSO de Yaizu (pop: 121,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
84 km al SSO de Shizuoka (pop: 701,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
194 km al SO de Yokohama (pop: 3,574,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
217 km al SO de Tokio (pop: 8,336,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
191 km al S de Honshū Island (pop: 104,000,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
107 km al O de Shikine-jima Island (pop: 600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
207 km al NO de Hachijojima Island (pop: 7,520) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Few Clouds 20.8°C (69 F), humidity: 59%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from ENE
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.93 kmNear S. Coast of Honshu, JapanGFZ
M 5.23 kmNear S. Coast Of Honshu, JapanEMSC
M 5.1299 kmNear S. Coast of Honshu, JapanGeoAu
M 4.6294 km43 Km SW of Ōyama, JapanUSGS
M 5.1313 kmNear S. Coast of Honshu, JapanBMKG
M 5.1313 kmNear S. Coast of Honshu, JapanBMKG

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