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No Tsunami Threat to Hawaii Following 7.1 Japan Quake
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Posted by Wendy Osher
Click image to view in detail. Image courtesy USGS.
A large earthquake in Japan early this morning did not trigger a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The quake occurred in the same Honshu region of the country as the destructive March 11th quake. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake was reported shortly after 4:30 Hawaii time this morning.
| Magnitude | 7.1 |
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| Date-Time |
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| Location | 38.253°N, 141.640°E |
| Depth | 49 km (30.4 miles) |
| Region | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Distances | 66 km (41 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 114 km (70 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan 116 km (72 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 330 km (205 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.1 km (8.1 miles); depth +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=426, Nph=427, Dmin=358.4 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=B |
*** Supporting information courtesy USGS and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
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