Magnitude 6.7 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2003 October 8 09:06:55 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
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Magnitude |
6.7 |
Date-Time |
Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 09:06:55 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 6:06:55 PM = local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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Location |
42.658°N, 144.487°E |
Depth |
32 km (20 miles) set by location program |
Region |
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
Distances |
35 km (22 miles) SSE (168°) from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
210 km (131 miles) SE (125°) from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
380 km (236 miles) SE (143°) from Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan
395 km (245 miles) SW (225°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
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Location Uncertainty |
horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters |
Nst=193, Nph=193, Dmin=497 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q
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Comments |
Felt at Nemuro. Recorded (4 JMA) in eastern Hokkaido; (3 JMA) in south-central Hokkaido; (2 JMA) in
central Hokkaido; (1 JMA) in the Shibetsu area and in southwestern Hokkaido. Also recorded (2 JMA)
in Aomori and Miyagi; (1 JMA) in Akita and Iwate Prefectures, Honshu.
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Source |
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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Event ID |
uszrai |
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver