Early-est:     Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan    2026.04.01-01:06:19.30    q:B      mb:5.1*    Mwp:-    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:0.3     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1775005578411.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1775005578411.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1775005578411.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 5.1* [64]    Mwp: 4.7X [2]    Mwpd: 5.3Xinv [1]
Region: Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan
Origin Time: 2026.04.01-01:06:19.30 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: 35.99°  lon: 140.21°  [+/-38km]    depth: 62km  [+/-45km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  B     stdErr: 1.7s   assocPhases: 99   usedPhases: 79
minDist: 1.7°   maxDist: 153.1°   AzGap: 92°   2ndAzGap: 116°   atten: -0.93 [+/-0.16]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 25km   maxHorUnc: 38km   azMaxHorUnc: 109°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 49km   majorAxisAzimuth: 338°   majorAxisPlunge: 56°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 47km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 98°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 18°   semiMinorAxisLength: 24km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: <1%
T50Ex: 0.3 [52]    Td: 0.9s [4]    Td*T50Ex: 0.3 [4]    To: 1.7s [50]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Okhotsk - Philippine Sea [continental transform fault]: distance: ~140km
   Okhotsk - Amur [continental convergent boundary]: distance: ~170km
   Amur / Philippine Sea [subduction zone]: distance: ~170km
   Pacific \ Okhotsk [subduction zone]: distance: ~190km
   Philippine Sea / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~250km
   Okhotsk / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~650km
   Okinawa / Philippine Sea [subduction zone]: distance: ~900km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Kamchatka/Kurils/Japan: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 YES (170km)
 no
 no
Prob underwater:
 <1%
 <1%
 <1%
Td*T50Ex:
   0.3
   0.3
   0.3
Td*To:
     1.5
     1.5
     1.5
Mwp magnitude:
       -
       -
       -
Hypocenter depth:
       62km
       62km
       62km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
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First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 157°   dip: 55°   rake: 37°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 43°   dip: 60°   rake: 139°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 60   misfitWeightCount: 13.8   misfit: 0.16   stationDistributionRatio: 0.57   meanDistP: 34.0   meanDistT: 35.1   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1775005578411.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (No solution available)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 0°   dip: 0°   rake: 0°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 270°   dip: 90°   rake: 90°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 0   misfitWeightCount: -1.0   misfit: -1.00   stationDistributionRatio: -1.00   meanDistP: -1.0   meanDistT: -1.0   qualityCode: X
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1775005578411.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 196°   dip: 38°   rake: 95°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 9°   dip: 52°   rake: 86°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 46°   stationPolarityCount: 60   misfit: 0.34   stationDistributionRatio: 0.68   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 34.95   fracAcc30degPref: 0.65   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
./hypo.1775005578411.mech.hash.mechanism.jpg

Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1775005578411
Event info last updated: 2026.04.01-02:05:00 UTC
Event first association/location: 2026.04.01-01:09:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA