6.0 Mw - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0 Mw
Date-Time
20 May 2012 07:19:55 UTC
20 May 2012 17:19:55 near epicenter
19 May 2012 23:19:55 standard time in your timezone
Location 39.597N 143.242E
Depth 10 km
Distances
179 km (111 miles) SE (124 degrees) of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
181 km (112 miles) E (94 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
253 km (157 miles) NE (53 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
534 km (332 miles) NE (34 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 14.9 km; Vertical 4.1 km
Parameters Nph = 407; Dmin = 269.4 km; Rmss = 0.84 seconds; Gp = 32°
M-type = Mw; Version = 9
Event ID US b0009tnt


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