Magnitude 6.8 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

2009 October 30 07:03:39 UTC

Magnitude	6.8
Date-Time	Friday, October 30, 2009 at 07:03:39 UTC Friday, October 30, 2009 at 04:03:39 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	29.192°N, 129.877°E
Depth	35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region	RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Distances	275 km (170 miles) SSW of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan 340 km (210 miles) SSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan 400 km (250 miles) NNE of Naha, Okinawa, Japan 1170 km (730 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5 km (3.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=272, Nph=280, Dmin=305.3 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009njal

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