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OK super creepy....i was relaxing here and had the page up because I felt a strange urge to look....i saw nothing too crazy and thought wouldn't it be
odd if I clicked the refresh of 241 total quakes and there was another i wondered the refresh rate....clicked and big red spot!!!! Almost freaked
me....I am betting I posted first on this one....
Data....only 10KM depth
Magnitude 7.9 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
* Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:00 UTC
* Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:00 PM at epicenter
Location 38.000°N, 142.900°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
* 179 km (111 miles) E (98°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
* 205 km (127 miles) ENE (59°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
* 216 km (134 miles) E (81°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
* 382 km (237 miles) NE (46°) from TOKYO, Japan
And the reviewed data
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 7.9
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth 24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.46 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
edit on 11-3-2011 by Drala because: (no reason given)
edit on 11-3-2011 by Drala because: (no reason given)