Magnitude
5.9
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 07:38:26 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 04:38:26 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.250°N, 142.783°E
Depth
29.1 km (18.1 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
148 km (91 miles) ESE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
179 km (111 miles) SE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
198 km (123 miles) NE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
477 km (296 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 16.9 km (10.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=234, Nph=242, Dmin=309.5 km, Rmss=0.7 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0001xn6


David Cottle

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