Minor mag. 3.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 21 km northeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, on Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021 11:22 am (GMT +9) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southeast of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 13 Feb 2021 11:07 pm (GMT +9), which had occurred 3 jours earlier.
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Séisme mineur magnitude 3.0 at 68 km depth
16 Feb 02:36 UTC: Premier à signaler: NIED après 13 minutes.
Date & time: 16 Feb 2021 02:22:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: mardi, 16 févr. 2021 11:22 (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 3
Profondeur: 67.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.535°N / 141.494°E
(Océan Pacifique Nord, Japon)Volcan le plus près: Narugo (70 km / 43 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
21 km NE de Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
27 km ENE de Yamoto (Higashimatsushima) (pop: 32,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
31 km E de Wakuya (Tōda Gun) (pop: 18,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
39 km E de Kogota (Tōda Gun) (pop: 19,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
42 km ENE de Matsushima (pop: 16,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
47 km ENE de Shiogama (pop: 59,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
47 km E de Furukawa (pop: 76,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
53 km SE de Ichinoseki (pop: 63,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
62 km ENE de Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
355 km NNE de Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds
5°C (41 F), humidity: 52%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from SW
Primary data source: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Broken Clouds
5°C (41 F), humidity: 52%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from SWEstimated released energy: 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) Plus d'infos
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| Magnitude | Profondeur | Lieu | Source |
| 3.0 | 68 km | KINKAZAN REGION, Japan | NIED |
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