Magnitude 6.1 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 12 23:24:50 UTC

Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 23:24:50 UTC Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 08:24:50 AM at epicenter
Location	37.981°N, 141.849°E
Depth	24.8 km (15.4 miles) set by location program
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	90 km (56 miles) ESE (109°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan 124 km (77 miles) ENE (77°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 132 km (82 miles) NE (39°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan 318 km (198 miles) NE (35°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 12.9 km (8.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=406, Nph=408, Dmin=360.7 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=D
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	usc00021aj