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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2009lwaw.7.20090922T120031.101Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2009-09-22T12:00:30+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Alert</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 4.7 Sendai, Honshu, Japan - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 4.7 occurred near Sendai, Honshu, Japan at 11:40:44.81 UTC on Sep 22, 2009. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lwaw.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2009-09-22T11:40:44+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2009lwaw</parameter>
<parameter>Version=7</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=4.7</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=67.6 km (42.0 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=14.8 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=12.3 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=61</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=61</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=334.5 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.79 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=190 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>55 miles (88 km) SE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan; 62 miles (100 km) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan; 65 miles (105 km) E of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan; 178 miles (286 km) NE of TOKYO, Japan</areaDesc>
<circle>37.740,141.657 0.0</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>

