Magnitude 6.1 Hokkaido Japan Region

Earthquake Details Thisevent has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 6.1 Date-Time Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 15:02:25 UTC Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 12:02:25 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 41.378°N, 142.073°E Depth 40.7 km (25.3 miles) Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION Distances 107 km (66 miles) NNE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan 119 km (73 miles) ESE of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan 127 km (78 miles) ENE of Aomori, Honshu, Japan 663 km (411 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan Location Uncertainty horizontal +/-13.7 km (8.5 miles); depth +/-6.5 km (4.0 miles) Parameters NST=539, Nph=540, Dmin=114.7 km, Rmss=0.65 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usb0009wev