Magnitude 6.3 - KYUSHU, JAPAN
2006 June 11 20:01:29 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 6.3 |
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| Location | 33.290°N, 131.182°E |
| Depth | 154.8 km (96.2 miles) |
| Region | KYUSHU, JAPAN |
| Distances | 45 km (30 miles) W of Oita, Kyushu, Japan 65 km (40 miles) NE of Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan 595 km (370 miles) SE of SEOUL, South Korea 840 km (520 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=175, Nph=175, Dmin=621.6 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
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| Event ID | usnvbf |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
At least eight people injured in the Ehime, Hiroshima, Miyazaki and Yamaguchi Prefectures. Felt (V) at Hiroshima and Iwakuni. Felt widely on southern and western Japan. Recorded (5L JMA) in Hiroshima, (4 JMA) in Okayama, Shimane and Yamaguchi, (3 JMA) in Hyogo and Tottori; (2 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama; (1 JMA) in Fukui, Nagano and Shizuoka Prefectures. Recorded (5L JMA) in Ehime; (4 JMA) in Kagawa and Kochi; (3 JMA) in Tokushima Prefectures, Shikoku. Also recorded (5L JMA) in Oita; (4 JMA) in Kumamoto and Miyazaki; (3 JMA) in Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Saga; (2 JMA) in Nagasaki Prefectures, Kyushu.
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Scientific & Technical Information
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