6.0 Mw - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.0 Mw
Date-Time
  • 9 Mar 2011 18:16:15 UTC
  • 10 Mar 2011 03:16:15 near epicenter
  • 9 Mar 2011 10:16:15 standard time in your timezone
Location 38.335N 142.736E
Depth 12 km
Distances
  • 162 km (101 miles) E (86 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
  • 207 km (128 miles) SE (137 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
  • 210 km (130 miles) ENE (71 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
  • 398 km (247 miles) NE (41 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 15.7 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 385; Dmin = 410.8 km; Rmss = 1.75 seconds; Gp = 82°
M-type = Mw; Version = C
Event ID US b0001rer

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