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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.1 on date 22-05-2022 and time 15:17:33 (UTC) in region Off east coast of Honshu, Japan [Sea: Japan]

A magnitude Mwp 6.1 earthquake occured in region: Off east coast of Honshu, Japan [Sea: Japan], on

  • 22-05-2022 15:17:33 (UTC)
  • 22-05-2022 17:17:33 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 23-05-2022 00:17:33 (UTC +09:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Asia/Tokyo)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 33.1240, 141.5650 at 20 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		mb 5.4
Mwp 6.1
Mwpd 6.3 		2022-05-22
15:17:33		 33.1242 141.565 20 2022-05-22
15:35:14		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 105010691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-22 15:17:33
Latitude 33.1242
Longitude 141.5650
Depth (km) 20 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 105010691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7759
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5067
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 277
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6431.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103.751
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 68
Number of defining phases 68
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.7321
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.46699
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 69.90692
Number of stations at which the event was observed 62
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 62
Magnitudes information

Mwp:6.1

Field Value
Value 6.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 105010691
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-22 15:35:14

Mwpd:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 28
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 105010691
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-22 15:35:14

mb:5.4

Field Value
Value 5.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 40
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 105010691
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-22 15:35:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:28:40.75 10.0 negative automatic P 202 69.9069 -1.12535 0.288723
GE.DAG.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:28:39.57 10.0 positive automatic P 355 69.4109 0.812493 0
IU.KEV.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:28:24.72 10.0 negative automatic P 340 66.9027 1.69381 0.304071
CN.RES.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:28:19.35 10.0 negative automatic P 14 66.1134 1.38055 0.320923
GE.KBS.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:28:08.42 10.0 negative automatic P 351 64.2954 2.23623 0.344032
GE.HALK.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:27:54.20 10.0 negative automatic P 259 62.4068 0.512513 0.377668
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:27:46.52 10.0 negative automatic P 261 61.2349 0.721798 0.384744
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:27:34.90 10.0 positive automatic P 177 59.7592 -0.850075 0.414837
AT.SKAG.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:27:33.18 10.0 positive automatic pP 36 58.5488 -0.4287 0
II.ARTI.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:27:32.87 10.0 positive automatic P 320 59.3242 0.107338 0.411317
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:27:32.05 10.0 positive automatic P 170 59.1880 0.250004 0.428182
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:27:32.88 10.0 negative automatic P 194 59.5156 -1.25984 0.413423
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:27:23.37 10.0 negative automatic P 204 58.1437 -1.1593 0.443653
II.SIMI.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:27:20.57 10.0 positive automatic P 298 57.4912 0.419852 0.427696
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:58.20 10.0 negative automatic P 149 54.3913 0.474448 0.47302
AU.FITZ.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:26:50.03 10.0 negative automatic P 199 53.4357 -0.723974 0.498788
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:50.62 10.0 positive automatic P 175 53.3981 0.1025 0.442743
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:49.47 10.0 positive automatic P 188 53.4998 -1.79209 0.509642
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:44.15 10.0 negative automatic P 30 52.1891 2.59115 0.518387
II.AAK.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:43.72 10.0 positive automatic P 301 52.3958 0.388818 0.503404
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:26:39.82 10.0 positive automatic P 242 52.0589 -0.747648 0.532848
II.KDAK.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:26.72 10.0 positive automatic P 40 49.8334 2.89005 0.583599
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:26:16.32 10.0 negative automatic P 33 48.4666 2.80809 0.576479
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:12.35 10.0 positive automatic P 311 48.3805 -0.36534 0.608928
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:26:02.92 10.0 negative automatic P 242 47.3737 -2.00621 0.558664
IO.EVN.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:26:01.75 10.0 positive automatic P 279 46.9119 -0.394793 0.619955
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:26:00.35 10.0 positive automatic P 194 47.0320 -1.89132 0.617848
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:25:58.37 10.0 positive automatic P 306 46.4812 0.356609 0.64285
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:25:57.23 10.0 positive automatic P 192 46.6238 -1.80727 0.603472
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:25:52.62 10.0 positive automatic P 204 45.9346 -1.16264 0.608275
GE.MMRI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:25:48.77 10.0 positive automatic P 207 45.6290 -2.44469 0
IN.SHL.HHZ. 2022-05-22T15:25:33.43 10.0 positive automatic P 274 43.5813 -1.41655 0.693035
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:25:31.89 10.0 positive automatic P 213 43.3807 -1.3881 0.315475
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:25:29.67 10.0 positive automatic P 172 42.8633 0.61702 0.661599
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:25:13.77 10.0 positive automatic P 228 41.1736 -1.52131 0.468358
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:25:08.97 10.0 positive automatic P 260 40.5721 -1.39135 0.727645
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:46.47 10.0 positive automatic P 206 38.1233 -3.3872 0
AK.ATKA.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:42.65 10.0 negative automatic P 45 36.9121 3.04988 0.815803
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:40.67 10.0 positive automatic P 196 37.1028 -0.5638 0.785512
GE.GENI.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:31.12 10.0 positive automatic P 182 35.7397 1.53373 0.793906
IU.ADK.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:24:28.32 10.0 negative automatic P 45 35.3513 2.05967 0.387522
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:25.17 10.0 positive automatic P 223 35.2429 -0.166038 0
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:24:23.52 10.0 positive automatic P 260 35.2785 -2.19998 0.38821
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:23:37.92 10.0 positive automatic P 310 29.7482 0.419256 0.851064
IU.YAK.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:23:37.62 10.0 positive automatic P 349 29.8883 -0.859811 0.952381
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:23:15.17 10.0 positive automatic P 10 27.1442 1.09066 0.43956
IU.PET.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:22:39.22 10.0 positive automatic P 26 23.3542 -0.229783 0.833333
IU.GUMO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:22:02.17 10.0 negative automatic P 170 19.7644 1.21767 0.43956
IU.TATO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:21:56.12 10.0 positive automatic P 250 19.2986 0.258065 0.909091
JP.YOJ.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:21:45.70 10.0 negative automatic P 247 18.3792 -0.0394204 0.952381
II.ERM.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:21:20.77 10.0 positive automatic S 8 8.9790 0.0865026 0
IU.YSS.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:20:43.45 10.0 positive automatic P 3 13.8636 -4.11039 0.43956
JP.JOW.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:20:40.05 10.0 positive automatic P 245 13.1031 2.85755 0.869565
JP.JTU.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:20:00.30 10.0 positive automatic P 281 10.1994 2.84738 0.43956
JP.JSU.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:19:50.55 10.0 negative automatic P 263 9.5240 2.29234 0.43956
II.ERM.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:19:37.02 10.0 positive automatic P 8 8.9790 -3.69911 0.930233
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:19:20.60 10.0 positive automatic P 357 7.6753 -2.253 0.952381
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:19:08.25 10.0 positive automatic P 278 6.4440 2.22425 0.909091
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:18:37.22 10.0 positive automatic P 322 4.3944 -0.619101 0.909091
G.INU.BHZ.00 2022-05-22T15:18:37.51 10.0 negative automatic P 302 4.3601 0.191716 0.909091
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:18:36.55 10.0 positive automatic P 307 4.2692 0.405992 0.909091
JP.JSG.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:18:22.25 10.0 positive automatic P 300 3.2081 0.773389 0.909091
JP.JHJ2.BHZ. 2022-05-22T15:17:56.25 10.0 negative automatic P 270 1.4670 -1.27434 0.952381
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