Japan: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Near The East Coast of Honshu

USGS
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:43 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 21:22:18 UTC

Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 06:22:18 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
38.385°N, 142.642°E

Depth:
23 km (14.3 miles)

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
154 km (95 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan

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

201 km (124 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan

395 km (245 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 16.3 km (10.1 miles); depth +/- 2.6 km (1.6 miles)

Parameters:
NST=322, Nph=323, Dmin=406.3 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp=108°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usc0001wfj