Magnitude 6.6 - NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2004 September 6 23:29:35 UTC
Earthquake Summary
USGS News Release
Felt Reports
Felt in southwestern Honshu from Kobe to Tokyo. Recorded (4 JMA) in Osaka, Mie, Shizuoka and Wakayama; (3 JMA) in Aichi, Fukui, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Tottori and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Chiba, Hiroshima, Ishikawa, Nagano, Okayama, Saitama, Shimane, Tokyo and Toyama; (1 JMA) in Gumma, Miyagi, Niigata and Yamaguchi Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Tokushima and (2 JMA) in Ehime, Kagawa and Kochi Prefectures, Shikoku. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Kozu-shima, Nii-jima and O- shima; (2 JMA) on Aoga-shima, Hachijo-jima, Mikura-jima and Miyake-jima.
Earthquake Information for Japan
Earthquake Details
Magnitude |
6.6 (Strong) |
Date-Time |
Monday, September 6, 2004 at 23:29:35 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 8:29:35 AM = local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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Location |
33.184°N, 137.201°E |
Depth |
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
Region |
NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
Distances |
175 km (110 miles) SSW of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
180 km (110 miles) SSE of Tsu, Honshu, Japan
220 km (135 miles) S of Nagoya, Honshu, Japan
360 km (225 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan
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Location Uncertainty |
horizontal +/- 3.8 km (2.4 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters |
Nst=284, Nph=284, Dmin=383.6 km, Rmss=0.77 sec, Gp= 43°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=T
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Source |
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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Event ID |
usnbbp |
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Scientific & Technical Information
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver