Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC

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Magnitude	9.0
Date-Time	Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth	32 km (19.9 miles) set by location program
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	129 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 177 km (109 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan 177 km (109 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.46 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0001xgp