Magnitude 6.8 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2004 December 06 14:15:11 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 6.8 |
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| Location | 42.907°N, 145.200°E |
| Depth | 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| Distances | 65 km (40 miles) E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 250 km (155 miles) ESE of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 930 km (580 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan 7140 km (4440 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=226, Nph=226, Dmin=489.2 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=R |
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| Event ID | usrsas |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
At least 4 people injured and power outages occurred in the Kushiro area. Felt at Obihiro. Also felt at Misawa and Sendai, Honshu. Recorded (5U JMA) in the Kushiro area; (5L JMA) in the Obihiro area and in eastern Hokkaido; (4 JMA) in the Chitose-Tomakomai area and in south-central Hokkaido; (3 JMA) in southwestern and central Hokkaido; (2 JMA) in the Shibetsu area; (1 JMA) in northern Hokkaido. Also recorded (3 JMA) in Aomori and Miyagi; (2 JMA) in Akita, Iwate and Yamagata; (1 JMA) in Fukushima, Ibaraki, Niigata and Shizuoka Prefectures, Honshu.
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Scientific & Technical Information
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
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