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Magnitude 5.5 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

2008 June 14 00:20:13 UTC

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Magnitude

5.5

Date-Time

Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 00:20:13 UTC

Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 09:20:13 AM at epicenter

Location

38.991°N, 140.406°E

Depth

10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region

EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances

87 km (54 miles) SSE (161°) from Akita, Honshu,
Japan

92 km (57 miles) NNW (333°) from Sendai, Honshu,
Japan

102 km (63 miles) SW (218°) from Morioka, Honshu,
Japan

374 km (232 miles) N (9°) from TOKYO,
Japan

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.5 km (6.5 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 76, Nph= 76, Dmin=905.4 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=
83°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

U.S. Geological
Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data
Center for Seismology, Denver

Event
ID

us2008tgah

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