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Magnitude 6.7 - NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2007 July 16 01:13:27 UTC

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Magnitude

6.7

Date-Time

Monday, July 16, 2007 at 01:13:27 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Monday, July 16, 2007 at 10:13:27 AM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

37.584°N, 138.378°E

Depth

49 km (30.4 miles)

Region

NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances

70 km (45 miles) WSW of
Niigata, Honshu, Japan
105 km (65 miles) N of Nagano, Honshu,
Japan
145 km (90 miles) NNW of Maebashi, Honshu,
Japan
245 km (155 miles) NNW of TOKYO, Japan

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth +/- 16.1 km (10.0
miles)

Parameters

Nst=165, Nph=165, Dmin=927.5 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp=
32°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007ewac

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Earthquake Summary

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred NEAR THE WEST COAST OF
HONSHU, JAPAN, about 70 km (45 miles) WSW of Niigata or 245 km (155 miles) NNW
of TOKYO at 7:13 PM MDT, Jul 15, 2007 (Jul 16 at 10:13 AM local time in Japan).
The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further
analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been
received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to
its location and size.

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