5.0 Mb - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.0 Mb
Date-Time
12 Mar 2011 07:07:31 UTC
12 Mar 2011 16:07:31 near epicenter
12 Mar 2011 17:07:31 standard time in your timezone
Location 38.363N 142.164E
Depth 29 km
Distances
112 km (70 miles) E (83 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
164 km (102 miles) ENE (64 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
175 km (109 miles) SSE (149 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
368 km (229 miles) NE (35 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 18.0 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 181; Dmin = 405.2 km; Rmss = 0.59 seconds; Gp = 104°
M-type = Mb; Version = 8
Event ID US c000204s


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