8 MAY 2008 (129)
ot = 09:40:35.81 +/- 0.29 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
lat = 36.197 +/- 6.5
lon = 141.923 +/- 4.8 MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)
dep = 10.0 (geophysicist)
130 km (80 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
135 km (85 miles) SE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan (pop 360,000)
205 km (125 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan
215 km (135 miles) SE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
nph = 83 of 102 se = 1.08 FE=228 A
error ellipse = (158.2, 0.0, 8.8; 68.2, 0.0, 5.8; 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
mb = 4.8 ( 38) ML = 3.7 ( 1) mblg = 3.9 ( 6) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
MAJO ePn 09:41:25.16 1.5 3.0 278 L:3.5-1 .75 3.7 g:5.2-1 .90 3.9 MAJO
ERM ePn 09:42:00.84 -2.2 5.9 9 g:2.1-1 .95 3.9 ERM
eSn 09:43:11.48 S res = 0.9X
YSS ePn 09:43:09.43 -0.5 10.8 3 g:2.0-2 1.0 3.3 YSS
SSLB eP 09:45:24.61 -4.7X 21.9 241 g:1.8-2 .90 3.8 b:1.8+1 .90 4.5 SSLB
TPUB eP 09:45:32.14 -2.9 22.5 241 g:3.2-2 .85 4.1 b:3.2+1 .85 4.8 TPUB
TWG eP 09:45:37.49 2.4 22.5 239 g:2.2-2 .70 4.0 b:2.2+1 .70 4.7 TWG
YAK eP 09:46:17.53 0.2 27.0 347 b:4.5+1 .70 5.3 YAK
ULN eP 09:46:29.23 0.8 28.2 305 b:2.1+1 .80 5.0 ULN
TLY eP 09:46:55.80 0.8 31.2 312 b:1.1+2 1.7 5.5 TLY
TIXI eP 09:47:37.01 -0.9 36.2 353 b:5.3+0 .90 4.4 TIXI
CHTO eP 09:48:22.54 -0.7 41.5 257 b:3.9+1 1.6 4.9 CHTO
ZAA0 P 09:48:33.52 0.2 42.8 313 ZAA0
MK31 eP 09:48:50.50 -0.1 44.9 303 MK31
KSM eP 09:48:53.43 -0.4 45.3 228 b:7.2+1 1.6 5.4 KSM
KAPI eP 09:49:01.10 2.0 46.0 212 b:1.4+2 1.8 5.7 KAPI
KURK eP 09:49:04.71 -0.5 46.8 309 b:4.6+1 1.1 5.5 KURK
BPAW P 09:49:16.32 0.1 48.2 33 b:2.2+0 .72 4.3 BPAW
TKM2 P 09:49:33.92 0.5 50.4 299 b:2.8+1 .73 5.3 TKM2
AAK eP 09:49:40.06 0.2 51.3 299 b:8.3+0 .80 4.7 AAK
BRVK eP 09:49:41.10 -0.2 51.5 313 b:9.4+0 .80 4.8 BRVK
UCH P 09:49:41.42 0.4 51.4 299 b:3.3+1 1.5 5.0 UCH
EKS2 P 09:49:43.52 0.0 51.7 299 b:7.0+0 .83 4.6 EKS2
AML P 09:49:46.20 0.7 52.0 299 b:1.9+1 .70 5.1 AML
INK eP 09:50:06.00 -0.5 54.9 27 b:5.5+0 .70 4.7 INK
HYT eP 09:50:06.26 1.1 54.7 36 HYT
WRAB eP 09:50:14.42 -2.2 56.3 189 b:2.2+1 1.1 5.1 WRAB
WB2 P 09:50:15.50 -1.2 56.3 189 WB2
ARU eP 09:50:22.80 -0.4 57.3 319 b:9.8+1 1.8 5.5 ARU
ABKARP 09:50:33.25 -0.8 58.8 311 b:6.1+0 .58 4.9 ABKA
RES eP 09:51:03.26 -1.0 63.3 14 b:8.8+0 .85 5.0 RES
FORT eP 09:51:33.38 -0.9 67.9 193 FORT
ETW P 09:51:40.70 -0.5 69.0 46 b:2.8+0 .68 4.6 ETW
NEW eP 09:51:49.22 -1.1 70.4 44 b:1.2+1 1.4 4.8 NEW
EDM 09:51:49.30 3.4X 69.7 38 EDM
SUMG eP 09:51:58.88 2.1 71.5 0 SUMG
WALA eP 09:51:59.00 0.5 71.8 42 b:1.8-1 .75 3.2X WALA
KIV eP 09:51:59.35 0.9 71.8 311 KIV
JTMT eP 09:52:01.40 -0.3 72.3 43 JTMT
SWMT eP 09:52:02.53 -0.9 72.6 44 SWMT
BMO eP 09:52:02.80 1.8 72.2 47 BMO
MSO eP 09:52:05.09 -0.9 73.0 44 MSO
SLMT eP 09:52:05.21 -0.9 73.0 44 SLMT
FFC eP 09:52:11.08 -1.4 74.2 33 FFC
HRY eP 09:52:12.47 -0.8 74.3 43 HRY
FCC eP 09:52:13.60 -0.9 74.6 27 b:3.3-1 1.1 3.3X FCC
LRM eP 09:52:13.69 -0.8 74.5 44 LRM
CHMT P 09:52:13.88 5.8X 73.4 44 b:4.9+0 1.3 4.4 CHMT
EGMT eP 09:52:14.11 -1.1 74.6 41 EGMT
DLMT eP 09:52:15.14 -0.4 74.6 45 DLMT
CMB eP 09:52:16.78 4.9X 74.0 54 CMB
BOZ eP 09:52:16.96 -0.7 75.0 44 BOZ
KIEV P 09:52:17.48 -1.0 75.2 323 b:6.5+0 .65 4.8 KIEV
AKBB P 09:52:17.75 -0.7 75.2 323 AKBB
HLID eP 09:52:17.77 2.2 74.6 47 HLID
QLMT eP 09:52:22.18 0.9 75.6 45 QLMT
MCMT P 09:52:22.63 6.0X 74.8 45 b:1.5+0 1.0 4.0 MCMT
M13A eP 09:52:23.20 -0.6 76.1 49 M13A
GCMT P 09:52:24.17 0.7 76.0 43 b:5.7+0 1.0 4.6 GCMT
YMR P 09:52:24.50 1.2 76.0 45 b:1.4+1 1.2 4.9 YMR
IMW eP 09:52:26.51 0.3 76.5 45 IMW
HVU eP 09:52:27.76 0.6 76.7 48 HVU
RLMT eP 09:52:27.79 1.0 76.7 44 RLMT
RRI2 eP 09:52:27.80 1.0 76.6 46 RRI2
SNOW P 09:52:28.37 0.1 76.8 46 b:6.7+0 1.0 4.7 SNOW
eP 09:52:33.72 5.5X
LKWY eP 09:52:28.72 3.1X 76.4 44 LKWY
TPAW eP 09:52:28.74 1.2 76.7 46 TPAW
LOHW eP 09:52:29.10 0.9 76.8 45 LOHW
DGMT eP 09:52:30.00 -0.1 77.2 39 DGMT
HWUT eP 09:52:31.73 -0.1 77.5 47 HWUT
DUG eP 09:52:31.73 -0.6 77.6 49 DUG
REDW eP 09:52:31.85 3.6X 76.8 46 REDW
DCID1eP 09:52:31.95 5.7X 76.5 46 DCID
LAO P 09:52:31.96 1.2 77.3 41 b:1.3+1 1.0 4.9 LAO
BW06 eP 09:52:32.69 -1.8 78.0 46 BW06
MALT P 09:52:33.35 0.9 77.6 308 b:6.6+0 1.0 4.7 MALT
SHPR eP 09:52:35.58 -0.9 78.3 53 SHPR
NLU eP 09:52:36.49 0.7 78.2 49 NLU
JLU eP 09:52:36.54 0.8 78.2 48 JLU
ARUT e 09:52:37.73 -0.6 78.6 51 b:6.3+0 1.1 4.6 ARUT
e 09:52:51.51 4.2X
DAU eP 09:52:37.88 0.8 78.4 48 DAU
MPU eP 09:52:37.94 0.9 78.4 49 MPU
CCUT eP 09:52:39.10 -0.3 78.8 52 CCUT
BUR08P 09:52:40.97 -0.1 79.2 322 BUR0
MSU eP 09:52:41.97 1.6 79.0 50 MSU
SRU eP 09:52:43.24 -0.6 79.7 49 SRU
BR131eP 09:52:43.85 -0.2 79.7 312 BR13
ULM P 09:52:44.77 -0.3 80.0 33 b:2.1+0 .73 4.2 ULM
MORC eP 09:52:51.61 -0.6 81.3 327 MORC
WUAZ eP 09:52:56.18 3.2X 81.4 52 WUAZ
SMCO e 09:53:00.64 5.4X 81.7 47 b:4.3+0 1.0 4.4 SMCO
e 09:53:07.21 6.2X
MVCO eP 09:53:01.47 4.5X 82.1 49 MVCO
KHC P 09:53:02.24 -1.4 83.5 329 b:9.3+0 .75 5.1 KHC
SDCO eP 09:53:09.93 5.3X 83.6 47 SDCO
ECSD eP 09:53:09.93 1.9 84.3 38 ECSD
ANMO eP 09:53:12.09 1.2 84.8 50 ANMO
KSU1 09:53:31.22 6.6X 87.7 42 KSU1
MIAR P 09:53:53.44 5.4X 92.7 43 b:6.0+0 1.0 4.9 MIAR
LHS P 09:54:25.52 7.8X 99.2 35 LHS
Generated 2008 MAY 8 at 10:00 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
