Magnitude 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Friday, May 02, 2008 at 05:41:26 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 5.0 |
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| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 37.27N 141.54E |
| Depth | 38 kilometers |
| Region | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Distances |
60 km (40 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan 110 km (65 miles) ESE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 125 km (75 miles) SSE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 240 km (150 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate: horizontal +/- 4.8 km; depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | Nst=175, Nph=252, Dmin=307.8 km, Rmss=0.73 sec, Erho=4.8 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=120.8 degrees |
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) |
| Remarks | Recorded (3 JMA) in Fukushima; (2 JMA) in Iwate, Miyagi and Tochigi; (1 JMA) in Akita, Aomori, Ibaraki, Nagano and Yamagata. |
| Event ID | usrnan |
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