M6.9 and 5.3 occurred Ogasawara island offshore again / Epicenter depth was 480 km

According to Japan Meteorological Agency, an earthquake of M6.9 happened Ogasawara island offshore again at 21:19 of 6/23/2015 (JST).

(cf, M8.5 occurred Ogasawara island offshore / Seismic intensity 5+ in Greater Tokyo Area [URL])

4 minutes later, M5.3 also occurred at almost the same epicenter.

Both of the quakes had epicenter 440 – 480 km deep underground.

The previous quake in this area also had extremely deep epicenter and it was the deepest for M8 class of the quakes since 1900.

(cf, The epicenter of 5/30 quake was deep as lower mantle of the earth / Deepest for M8 class quakes since 1900 [URL 2])

 

The maximum seismic intensity was 4. Japan Meteorological Agency has made no announcement on the possible reasons for these extremely deep quakes that have been happening Ogasawara island offshore.

 

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150623213418395-232123.html

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150623212523395-232119.html

 

 

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Français :

Séismes M6,9 et 5,3 encore au large de l’île d’Ogasawara : épicentres à 480 km de profondeur

 

Selon la Japan Meteorological Agency, un séisme M6.9 a encore frappé au large de l’île d’Ogasawara le 23 juin 2015 à  21:19 (JST). (cf. Séisme M8,5 au large des îles Ogasawara / Intensité 5+ dans le Grand Tokyo)

4 minutes après, un M5.3 s’est aussi produit pratiquement au même endroit.
La profondeur des deux épicentre est entre 440 et 480 km.
Le séisme précédent de cette région avait également eu un épicentre extrêmement profond, il était le plus profond séismes de classe M8 depuis 1900. (cf. L’épicentre du séisme du 30 mai était situé dans le manteau profond : le record pour les M8 depuis 1900)

L’intensité sismique maximale a été de 4. La Japan Meteorological Agency n’a émis aucun communiqué expliquant les causes possibles de ces séismes extrêmement profonds qui frappent au large de l’île d’Ogasawara.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150623213418395-232123.html
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20150623212523395-232119.html

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