Strong earthquake near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan

Last update: December 20, 2014 at 10:13 am by By Armand Vervaeck

Earthquake-report

Update 09:49 UTC : JMA 4 in Naraha-machi Kitada*, Tomioka-machi Moto-oka* and Namie-machi Kiyohashi
Based on our experience with Japanese earthquakes, earthquake-report.com considers JMA 5+ intensity as a potentially dangerous shaking.

Update 09:46 UTC : ER does not expect any damage from this earthquake. NO tsunami alert.

Update 09:42 UTC  : earthquake at intermediate depth which will increase the shaking radius considerably into the mainland

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49km (30mi) E of Namie, Japan
70km (43mi) ENE of Iwaki, Japan
85km (53mi) E of Funehiki, Japan
89km (55mi) SE of Marumori, Japan
252km (157mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFO
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Dec 20 09:30	5.9	43	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Namie, Japan	Dec 20 09:29	5.9	36	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan