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Date-Time:
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 08:08:05 UTC

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 05:08:05 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
37.780°N, 141.562°E

Depth:
39 km (24.2 miles)

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
80 km (50 miles) SE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan

95 km (60 miles) E of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan

100 km (60 miles) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan

285 km (175 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 4.3 km (2.7 miles); depth +/- 7.5 km (4.7 miles)

Parameters:
NST=299, Nph=299, Dmin=328.4 km, Rmss=0.84 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010tva3

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.