5.6R in Japan

A strong 5.6R has just been reported in Japan, off the Honshu East Coast, far from the mainland, as can be seen from the map above. It simply confirms again our observation that we posted to expect a magnitude 6R over the next few days as it does.

Magnitude	Mw 5.6
Region	OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Date time	2018-08-07 15:12:56.7 UTC
Location	37.91 N ; 144.07 E
Depth	10 km
Distances	283 km E of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,038,000 / local time: 00:12:56.7 2018-08-08 242 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan / pop: 35,500 / local time: 00:12:56.7 2018-08-08