Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - Yama-gun, 19 km west of Kitakata, Fukushima, Japan, on Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 2:05 am (GMT +9) -
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Séisme mineur magnitude 2.8 at 178 km depth
26 Jan 17:18 UTC: Premier à signaler: NIED après 12 minutes.
Date & time: 26 Jan 2021 17:05:44 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: mercredi, 27 janv. 2021 02:05 (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 2.8
Profondeur: 178.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.713°N / 139.663°E
(Yama-gun, Préfecture de Fukushima, Japon)Volcan le plus près: Numazawa (30 km / 19 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
19 km ONO de Kitakata (pop: 37,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
39 km SE de Shibata (Niigata) (pop: 80,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
43 km ONO de Inawashiro (Yama District) (pop: 17,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
44 km E de Gosen (Niigata) (pop: 37,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
45 km OSO de Yonezawa (Yamagata) (pop: 94,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
49 km E de Niitsu (Niigata) (pop: 65,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
71 km O de Fukushima (pop: 294,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
72 km ONO de Kōriyama (pop: 340,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
122 km OSO de Sendai (Miyagi) (pop: 1,063,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
225 km N de Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Light Rain
2.8°C (37 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SE
Primary data source: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Light Rain
2.8°C (37 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SEEstimated released energy: 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) Plus d'infos
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| Magnitude | Profondeur | Lieu | Source |
| 2.8 | 178 km | WESTERN FUKUSHIMA PREF, Japan | NIED |
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