Magnitude
5.5
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 09:09:14 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 07:09:14 PM at epicenter
Location
37.717°N, 143.267°E
Depth
36.2 km (22.5 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
217 km (135 miles) ESE (105°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
221 km (138 miles) ENE (70°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
246 km (153 miles) E (90°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
388 km (241 miles) NE (53°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 16.8 km (10.4 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters
NST=249, Nph=251, Dmin=600 km, Rmss=0.65 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
usc0001xsy