Early-est:     Eastern Honshu, Japan    2026.06.26-13:29:02.37    q:A      mb:5.3*    Mwp:5.5    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:0.5     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1782480541655.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1782480541655.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1782480541655.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: 5.3* [107]    Mwp: 5.5 [7]    Mwpd: 5.7Xinv [2]
Region: Eastern Honshu, Japan
Origin Time: 2026.06.26-13:29:02.37 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: 35.38°  lon: 138.92°  [+/-9km]    depth: 56km  [+/-14km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  A     stdErr: 1.2s   assocPhases: 165   usedPhases: 122
minDist: 1.3°   maxDist: 156.7°   AzGap: 34°   2ndAzGap: 41°   atten: -1.18 [+/-0.15]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 8km   maxHorUnc: 9km   azMaxHorUnc: 167°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 15km   majorAxisAzimuth: 232°   majorAxisPlunge: 67°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 11km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 333°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 5°   semiMinorAxisLength: 9km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: <1%
T50Ex: 0.3 [92]    Td: 1.6s [7]    Td*T50Ex: 0.5 [7]    To: 2.8s [89]
Closest plate boundaries:
   Okhotsk - Philippine Sea [continental convergent boundary]: distance: ~40km
   Okhotsk - Amur [continental convergent boundary]: distance: ~40km
   Amur / Philippine Sea [subduction zone]: distance: ~40km
   Pacific \ Okhotsk [subduction zone]: distance: ~290km
   Philippine Sea / Pacific [subduction zone]: distance: ~300km
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 (40km)
 YES (40km)
 no
Prob underwater:
 <1%
 <1%
 <1%
Td*T50Ex:
   0.5
   0.5
   0.5
Td*To:
     4.5
     4.5
     4.5
Mwp magnitude:
       5.5
       5.5
       5.5
Hypocenter depth:
       56km
       56km
       56km
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):
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 270°   dip: 48°   rake: 131°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 37°   dip: 56°   rake: 54°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 100   misfitWeightCount: 21.9   misfit: 0.15   stationDistributionRatio: 0.65   meanDistP: 24.7   meanDistT: 22.9   qualityCode: B
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1782480541655.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.1782480541655.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 245°   dip: 40°   rake: 106°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 44°   dip: 51°   rake: 77°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 50°   stationPolarityCount: 100   misfit: 0.13   stationDistributionRatio: 0.71   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 34.96   fracAcc30degPref: 0.55   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1782480541655
Event info last updated: 2026.06.26-14:28:02 UTC
Event first association/location: 2026.06.26-13:30:00 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA