6.2 Mw - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1"> <thead> </thead><caption>Preliminary Earthquake Report</caption> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Magnitude</td> <td>6.2 Mw</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Date-Time</td> <td>
- 24 Jul 2011 18:51:25 UTC
- 25 Jul 2011 03:51:25 near epicenter
- 24 Jul 2011 12:51:25 standard time in your timezone
- 79 km (49 miles) SE (133 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
- 94 km (59 miles) E (88 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
- 95 km (59 miles) NE (36 degrees) of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
- 282 km (175 miles) NE (34 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
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Earthquake Information (Earthquake and Seismic Intensity Information)
Issued at 04:01 JST 25 Jul 2011
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="583"> <tbody><tr> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Occurred at (JST)[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Latitude
(degree)[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Longitude
(degree)[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Depth[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Magnitude[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Region Name[/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]03:51 JST 25 Jul 2011[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]37.7N[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]141.6E[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]40 km[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6.2[/FONT]</td> <td>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fukushima-ken Oki[/FONT]</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tbody><tr><td>JMA Seismic Intensity</td><td>Region Name</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">5-</td><td>Miyagi-ken Nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Miyagi-ken Chubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima-ken Hamadori</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">4</td><td>Miyagi-ken Hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima-ken Nakadori</td></tr> <tr><td>Ibaraki-ken Hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="21">3</td><td>Aomori-ken Sampachi-Kamikita</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwate-ken Engan-hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwate-ken Engan-nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwate-ken Nairiku-hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwate-ken Nairiku-nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Akita-ken Engan-nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Akita-ken Nairiku-nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Yamagata-ken Shonai</td></tr> <tr><td>Yamagata-ken Mogami</td></tr> <tr><td>Yamagata-ken Murayama</td></tr> <tr><td>Yamagata-ken Okitama</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima-ken Aizu</td></tr> <tr><td>Ibaraki-ken Nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Tochigi-ken Hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Tochigi-ken Nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Gumma-ken Nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Saitama-ken Hokubu</td></tr> <tr><td>Saitama-ken Nambu</td></tr> <tr><td>Chiba-ken Hokutobu</td></tr> <tr><td>Niigata-ken Chuetsu</td></tr> <tr><td>Niigata-ken Kaetsu</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table width="583"> <tbody><tr><td align="left">* Regions where a seismic intensity of 3 or more was observed are listed.</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tbody><tr><td>JMA Seismic Intensity</td><td>City, town and village Name</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="4">5-</td><td>Watari-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Ishinomaki-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Soma-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Naraha-machi</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="50">4</td><td>Shikama-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Wakuya-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Kurihara-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Tome-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Miyagi Misato-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Osaki-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Natori-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kakuda-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwanuma-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Zao-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ogawara-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Murata-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Shibata-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Miyagi Kawasaki-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Marumori-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Yamamoto-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Sendai Aoba-ku</td></tr> <tr><td>Sendai Miyagino-ku</td></tr> <tr><td>Shiogama-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Higashi-matsushima-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Matsushima-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Shichigahama-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Rifu-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Ohira-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Onagawa-cho</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Koriyama-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Shirakawa-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Sukagawa-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Nihommatsu-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kori-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kunimi-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kawamata-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kagamiishi-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Ten-ei-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Nakajima-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Yabuki-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Tamakawa-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Furudono-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Tamura-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima Date-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Motomiya-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Iwaki-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Fukushima Hirono-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Tomioka-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Kawauchi-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Shinchi-machi</td></tr> <tr><td>Iitate-mura</td></tr> <tr><td>Minami-soma-shi</td></tr> <tr><td>Hitachi-omiya-shi</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table width="583"> <tbody><tr><td align="left"> * Cities, towns and villages where a seismic intensity of 4 or more was observed are listed. </td></tr> </tbody></table>
This earthquake poses no tsunami risk.Seismic intensity correction has been made.
"-" in the above information represents an indeterminable value.
Some of the names of cities/towns/villages in the message are the versions used before the areas were administratively united.
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