Magnitude
6.3
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 07:14:59 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 04:14:59 PM at epicenter
Location
36.648°N, 141.811°E
Depth
25 km (15.5 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
93 km (58 miles) ESE (120°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
123 km (76 miles) ENE (75°) from Mito, Honshu, Japan
169 km (105 miles) SE (135°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
215 km (134 miles) ENE (59°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.8 km (8.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=281, Nph=288, Dmin=433 km, Rmss=1.36 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
usc0001xlz