5.0 Mb - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.0 Mb
Date-Time
17 Mar 2011 09:05:58 UTC
17 Mar 2011 18:05:58 near epicenter
17 Mar 2011 19:05:58 standard time in your timezone
Location 40.240N 142.332E
Depth 25 km
Distances
76 km (47 miles) ESE (112 degrees) of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
118 km (73 miles) ENE (60 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
152 km (94 miles) ESE (115 degrees) of Aomori, Honshu, Japan
557 km (346 miles) NNE (23 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 20.6 km; Vertical 0.4 km
Parameters Nph = 127; Dmin = 209.3 km; Rmss = 0.59 seconds; Gp = 133°
M-type = Mb; Version = 9
Event ID US c0002508


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