Magnitude
6.3
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 20:11:22 UTC
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 05:11:22 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.025�N, 142.645�E
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
149 km (92 miles) ESE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
176 km (109 miles) ENE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
193 km (119 miles) SSE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
451 km (280 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.8 km (8.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=476, Nph=479, Dmin=335.1 km, Rmss=0.63 sec, Gp= 18�,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0001z5z


David Cottle

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