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Magnitude 5.2 –

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 April 07 22:02:19 UTC

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Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 22:02:19 UTC Friday, April 08, 2011 at 07:02:19 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	39.147°N, 142.903°E
Depth	34 km (21.1 miles)
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	162 km (100 miles) ESE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan 194 km (120 miles) SE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan 201 km (124 miles) ENE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 474 km (294 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.3 km (9.5 miles); depth +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles)
Parameters	NST=122, Nph=124, Dmin=319.5 km, Rmss=0.7 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0002l94