5.5 Mb - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.5 Mb
Date-Time
12 Mar 2011 21:48:09 UTC
13 Mar 2011 06:48:09 near epicenter
13 Mar 2011 07:48:09 standard time in your timezone
Location 39.626N 142.565E
Depth 24 km
Distances
123 km (76 miles) E (94 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
133 km (83 miles) SE (137 degrees) of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
206 km (128 miles) SE (130 degrees) of Aomori, Honshu, Japan
505 km (314 miles) NNE (29 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 17.9 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 252; Dmin = 270.5 km; Rmss = 0.77 seconds; Gp = 97
M-type = Mb; Version = 8
Event ID US c000217y


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