Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - Earthquake Magnitude 6.2

US Geological Survey
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:04 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 21:08:05 UTC

Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 07:08:05 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
40.221°N, 143.050°E

Depth:
20.2 km (12.6 miles)

Region:
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
137 km (85 miles) ESE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan

172 km (106 miles) ENE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan

205 km (127 miles) ESE of Aomori, Honshu, Japan

580 km (360 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles)

Parameters:
NST=327, Nph=327, Dmin=199.3 km, Rmss=0.69 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

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

Event ID:
usc0005vyj