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Magnitude 6.5 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - usgdan

2005 December 2 13:13:09 UTC

A strong earthquake occurred at 13:13:09 (UTC) on Friday, December 2, 2005. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.5
Date-Time
  • Friday, December 2, 2005 at 13:13:09 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Friday, December 2, 2005 at 10:13:09 PM
    = local time at epicenter
    • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 38.122°N, 142.118°E
    Depth 29 km (18.0 miles) set by location program
    Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
    Distances
    110 km (70 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
    150 km (95 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
    155 km (100 miles) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
    345 km (215 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
    Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=202, Nph=202, Dmin=388.1 km, Rmss=0.77 sec, Gp= 50°,
    M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID usgdan
    • Preliminary Earthquake Report
    • U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
      World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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