4.8R in Japan!

A medium sized earthquake by Japan standards came in a few hours ago in Japan offshore Hosnhu. As expected again as can be seen by the Japan Calendar. Clearly the Japan window is open and we have a period of vulnerability there for a few days.



Magnitude

	mb 4.8
Region	NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Date time	2016-08-30 08:07:40.4 UTC
Location	37.42 N ; 141.74 E
Depth	54 km
Distances	121 km SE of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,038,000 / local time: 17:07:40.4 2016-08-30 66 km E of Namie, Japan / pop: 21,900 / local time: 17:07:40.4 2016-08-30