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This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
7.3
Date-Time
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:45:20 UTC
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:45:20 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.440°N, 142.840°E
Depth
32 km (19.9 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
168 km (104 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
193 km (119 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
216 km (134 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
413 km (256 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 3.1 km (1.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=494, Nph=494, Dmin=400.2 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=B
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usb0001r57
earthquake.usgs.gov...