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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Tue May 12, 2015, 06:06 PM May 2015

M6.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN [View all]

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 [View all] nadinbrzezinski May 2015 OP

Man, our planet is --- Hell Hath No Fury May 2015 #1

Plate tectonics, it is what it is nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #3

Hope there are no tsunamis resulting. Arugula Latte May 2015 #2

Rare for more than 1-3 days to go by without a quake in that area since 3/11. Mnemosyne May 2015 #4