Magnitude 6.3 - KYUSHU, JAPAN

2006 June 11 20:01:29 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 20:01:29 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, June 12, 2006 at 5:01:29 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	33.290°N, 131.182°E
Depth	154.8 km (96.2 miles)
Region	KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances	45 km (30 miles) W of Oita, Kyushu, Japan 65 km (40 miles) NE of Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan 595 km (370 miles) SE of SEOUL, South Korea 840 km (520 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles)
Parameters	Nst=175, Nph=175, Dmin=621.6 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usnvbf

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Earthquake Summary

Felt Reports

At least eight people injured in the Ehime, Hiroshima, Miyazaki and Yamaguchi Prefectures. Felt (V) at Hiroshima and Iwakuni. Felt widely on southern and western Japan. Recorded (5L JMA) in Hiroshima, (4 JMA) in Okayama, Shimane and Yamaguchi, (3 JMA) in Hyogo and Tottori; (2 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama; (1 JMA) in Fukui, Nagano and Shizuoka Prefectures. Recorded (5L JMA) in Ehime; (4 JMA) in Kagawa and Kochi; (3 JMA) in Tokushima Prefectures, Shikoku. Also recorded (5L JMA) in Oita; (4 JMA) in Kumamoto and Miyazaki; (3 JMA) in Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Saga; (2 JMA) in Nagasaki Prefectures, Kyushu.

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