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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsM6.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time
12 May 2015 21:12:58 UTC
13 May 2015 06:12:59 near epicenter
12 May 2015 13:12:58 standard time in your timezone
Location 38.902N 142.032E
Depth 38 km
Distances
33 km (20 mi) SE of Ofunato, Japan
42 km (26 mi) SSE of Kamaishi, Japan
52 km (32 mi) SSE of Otsuchi, Japan
63 km (39 mi) SE of Tono, Japan
412 km (255 mi) NNE of Tokyo, Japan
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 6.1 km; Vertical 5.5 km
Parameters Nph = 128; Dmin = 158.3 km; Rmss = 1.01 seconds; Gp = 38°
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Event ID us 20002et4
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M6.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN (Original Post)
nadinbrzezinski
May 2015
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Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)1. Man, our planet is ---
rocking and rollin' these days.! :O
Looks like Honshu got hit back in 2011. Hope they aren't looking at a tsunami event.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. Plate tectonics, it is what it is
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)2. Hope there are no tsunamis resulting.
Fingers crossed for Japan.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)4. Rare for more than 1-3 days to go by without a quake in that area since 3/11.
This one a bit larger than the numerous smaller ones that have occurred in the last 4 years. I'm sure it won't affect those those tough made GE NPPs.