Magnitude 6.2 - Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan

United States Geological Survey
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:44 UTC

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Date-Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 23:16:58 UTC

Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 08:16:58 AM at epicenter

Location 38.566°N, 142.762°E

Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Distances 170 km (105 miles) ENE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan

190 km (120 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan

220 km (140 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan

420 km (260 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters NST=134, Nph=136, Dmin=385.2 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp= 83°,

M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008adcn