Magnitude 6.1 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 27 22:23:58 UTC

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Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 22:23:58 UTC Monday, March 28, 2011 at 07:23:58 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	38.402°N, 142.102°E
Depth	17.1 km (10.6 miles)
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	109 km (67 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 156 km (96 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan 161 km (100 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 368 km (228 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 12.4 km (7.7 miles); depth +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=577, Nph=592, Dmin=401.9 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0002cqa

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