Magnitude
6.8
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 06:15:45 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 03:15:45 PM at epicenter
Location
36.126°N, 140.234°E
Depth
30.2 km (18.8 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
35 km (22 miles) SW (220°) from Mito, Honshu, Japan
67 km (42 miles) NE (40°) from TOKYO, Japan
109 km (68 miles) ESE (106°) from Maebashi, Honshu, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 12.7 km (7.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=187, Nph=191, Dmin=188.1 km, Rmss=1.38 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=C
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
usc0001xhz