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Magnitude 4.6 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2008 May 07 11:09:04 UTC

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Magnitude

4.6

Date-Time

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 11:09:04 UTC

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 08:09:04 PM at epicenter

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Location

36.191°N, 141.732°E

Depth

35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Region

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances

115 km (70 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan
120 km (75 miles)
SE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
190 km (115 miles) ENE of TOKYO,
Japan
205 km (125 miles) SSE of Fukushima, Honshu,
Japan

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST= 82, Nph= 82, Dmin=318.7 km, Rmss=0.6 sec, Gp=130°,
M-type=body
magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008rtba

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