8 MAY 2008 (129)
ot = 05:26:31.92 +/- 0.41 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
lat = 36.023 +/- 8.4
lon = 141.876 +/- 6.0 MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)
dep = 35.0 (geophysicist)
130 km (80 miles) ESE of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
145 km (90 miles) SE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan (pop 360,000)
195 km (120 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan
230 km (140 miles) SE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
Recorded (1 JMA) at Fukushima.
nph = 21 of 23 se = 0.54 FE=228 A
error ellipse = (173.4, 0.0, 11.1; 83.4, 0.0, 7.9; 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
mb = 4.7 ( 15) ML = 3.8 ( 1) mblg = 3.9 ( 2) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
MAJO ePn 05:27:17.39 0.3 3.0 281 L:3.9-1 .85 3.8 g:3.2-1 .80 3.8 MAJO
ERM ePn 05:27:54.01 -5.0X 6.1 9 g:3.0-1 1.1 4.0 ERM
eSn 05:29:02.86 S res = -4.3X
ULN eP 05:32:21.82 0.2 28.2 306 b:2.0+1 1.2 4.7 ULN
TLY eP 05:32:48.46 0.1 31.3 312 b:1.7+1 .90 4.9 TLY
ZAA0 eP 05:34:26.35 -0.2 42.9 313 ZAA0
MK31 eP 05:34:43.84 0.2 45.0 303 MK31
KAPI eP 05:34:50.56 0.3 45.8 212 b:3.4+1 1.1 5.2 KAPI
KURK eP 05:34:57.56 -0.7 46.9 309 b:4.1+1 1.3 5.2 KURK
AAK eP 05:35:32.56 -0.2 51.3 299 AAK
BRVK eP 05:35:34.25 -0.2 51.6 313 b:1.0+1 1.0 4.7 BRVK
INK eP 05:36:00.22 0.1 55.1 27 b:4.9+0 1.1 4.4 INK
WRAB eP 05:36:07.08 -0.7 56.1 189 b:4.7+0 .77 4.6 WRAB
ARU eP 05:36:16.35 0.0 57.4 319 b:1.9+1 1.1 5.0 ARU
RES eP 05:36:56.85 -1.0 63.5 14 b:8.1+1 3.0 5.3 RES
FFC eP 05:38:05.60 -0.1 74.4 33 b:2.4+0 .90 4.2 FFC
FCC eP 05:38:07.11 -0.7 74.7 27 b:1.4-1 1.1 2.9X FCC
HRY eP 05:38:07.13 0.6 74.4 43 b:2.0+0 .80 4.1 HRY
LRM eP 05:38:07.95 0.2 74.6 44 b:5.0+1 1.4 5.3 LRM
IMW eP 05:38:20.40 1.1 76.6 45 b:4.7+0 1.3 4.3 IMW
LAO eP 05:38:23.65 -0.2 77.5 41 b:2.6+0 .88 4.3 LAO
BUR08eP 05:38:34.24 0.2 79.3 322 BUR0
BR131eP 05:38:37.61 0.8 79.8 312 b:4.0+0 1.0 4.4 BR13
Generated 2008 MAY 15 at 04:50 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
