Magnitude 6.8 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

2004 December 6 14:15:11 UTC

Magnitude	6.8 (Strong)
Date-Time	Monday, December 6, 2004 at 14:15:11 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, December 6, 2004 at 11:15:11 PM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	42.907°N, 145.200°E
Depth	35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances	65 km (40 miles) E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 250 km (155 miles) ESE of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 930 km (580 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan 7140 km (4440 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=226, Nph=226, Dmin=489.2 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=R
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usrsas

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