Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 08:02:36 UTC
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 06:02:36 PM at epicenter
Location
38.606°N, 143.103°E
Depth
15.4 km (9.6 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
197 km (123 miles) ENE (78°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
210 km (130 miles) SE (125°) from Morioka, Honshu, Japan
250 km (155 miles) ENE (66°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
442 km (274 miles) NE (41°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 17.7 km (11.0 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters
NST=229, Nph=230, Dmin=379.6 km, Rmss=0.54 sec, Gp= 97°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=A
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
usb0001r99