Sismo leggero mag. 4.1 - North Pacific Ocean, 34 km a nord est da Iwaki, Giappone, mercoledì, 27 gennaio 2021 -
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Sismo leggero magnitudine 4.1 at 63 km depth
27 Jan 09:32 UTC: Primo a segnalare: NIED dopo 6 minuti.
Update Wed, 27 Jan 2021, 09:36
Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake 34 km northeast of Iwaki, Japan4.1 quake 27 Jan 6:25 pm (GMT +9)
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan. The tremor was recorded early evening on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at 6:25 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 62.9 km below the surface.
The event was filed by NIED, the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Namie (pop. 21,900) located 19 km from the epicenter, Iwaki (pop. 357,300) 34 km away, Sukagawa (pop. 68,800) 61 km away, Kōriyama (pop. 340,600) 61 km away, Motomiya (pop. 22,700) 63 km away, Nihommatsu (pop. 36,300) 63 km away, Kitaibaraki (pop. 50,800) 66 km away, Takahagi (pop. 33,600) 74 km away, and Kakuda (pop. 33,200) 77 km away.
The event was filed by NIED, the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Namie (pop. 21,900) located 19 km from the epicenter, Iwaki (pop. 357,300) 34 km away, Sukagawa (pop. 68,800) 61 km away, Kōriyama (pop. 340,600) 61 km away, Motomiya (pop. 22,700) 63 km away, Nihommatsu (pop. 36,300) 63 km away, Kitaibaraki (pop. 50,800) 66 km away, Takahagi (pop. 33,600) 74 km away, and Kakuda (pop. 33,200) 77 km away.
Earthquake data:
Data & ora: 27 Jan 2021 09:25:58 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: mercoledì, 27 gen 2021 18:25 (GMT +9)
Magnitudine: 4.1
Profondità: 62.9 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 37.321°N / 141.071°E
(North Pacific Ocean, Giappone)Vulcano più vicino: Adatara (78 km / 48 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
19 km SSE da Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
34 km NNE da Iwaki (pop: 357,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
46 km ESE da Funehikimachi-funehiki (Tamura) (pop: 23,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
53 km ESE da Miharu (pop: 19,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
61 km E da Sukagawa (pop: 68,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
61 km E da Kōriyama (pop: 340,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
63 km ESE da Nihommatsu (pop: 36,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
66 km NNE da Kitaibaraki (pop: 50,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
219 km NNE da Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
246 km NNE da Yokohama (pop: 3,574,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds
7.5°C (46 F), humidity: 56%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from W
Fonte dati primaria: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)Broken Clouds
7.5°C (46 F), humidity: 56%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from WStima dell'energia sismica liberata: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| 4.1 | 63 km | E OFF FUKUSHIMA PREF, Japan | NIED |
| 4.0 | 60 km | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN | EMSC |
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