Off The Coast of Honshu, Japan - Earthquake Magnitutde 6.2

USGS
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:29 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:44:07 UTC

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 09:44:07 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
36.776°N, 143.773°E

Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) (poorly constrained)

Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances
304 km (188 miles) E of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan

339 km (210 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan

349 km (216 miles) ESE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan

418 km (259 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 27.4 km (17.0 miles); depth +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles)

Parameters
NST=284, Nph=251, Dmin=542.1 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID
usc0005fj1