5.0 Mb - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.0 Mb
Date-Time
17 Mar 2011 18:01:19 UTC
18 Mar 2011 04:01:19 near epicenter
18 Mar 2011 04:01:19 standard time in your timezone
Location 37.701N 144.408E
Depth 23 km
Distances
315 km (196 miles) E (100 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
318 km (198 miles) ENE (76 degrees) of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
347 km (215 miles) E (89 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
473 km (294 miles) ENE (60 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 17.4 km; Vertical 0.3 km
Parameters Nph = 216; Dmin = 492.0 km; Rmss = 0.67 seconds; Gp = 104�
M-type = Mb; Version = A
Event ID US c00025a0


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