Magnitude 7.0 - OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2008 July 19 02:39:28 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 7.0 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 37.552°N, 142.206°E |
Depth | 22 km (13.7 miles) set by location program |
Region | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
Distances | 130 km (80 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan 140 km (85 miles) ESE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 155 km (95 miles) E of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 305 km (190 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=298, Nph=298, Dmin=373.4 km, Rmss=0.82 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q |
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Event ID | us2008urah |
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Earthquake Summary
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred about 125 km (75 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan or about 130 km (80 miles) ESE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan or about 305 km (190 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan at 8:39 PM MDT, Jul 18, 2008 (Jul 19 at 11:39 AM local time in Japan). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size.
Felt Reports
Felt (III) at Misawa, Tokyo and Yokohama; (II) at Yamato. Felt as far north as Misawa, as far west as Niigata and as far south as Mishima. Small tsunamis were observed along the Fukushima-Miyagi coastal area. Recorded (4 JMA) in Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Tochigi; (3 JMA) in Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Gumma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Tokyo, Yamagata and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Aichi and Shizuoka; (1 JMA) in Gifu, Ishikawa and Shiga. Also recorded (2 JMA) in southern Hokkaido and (1 JMA) on Nii-jima.
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