Earthquake with magnitude of Mw 6.8 on date 11-07-2014 and time 21:22:00 (Italy) in region Off east coast of Honshu, Japan [Sea: Japan]

A magnitude Mw 6.8 earthquake occured in region: Off east coast of Honshu, Japan [Sea: Japan], on

  • 11-07-2014 19:22:00 (UTC)
  • 11-07-2014 21:22:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 12-07-2014 04:22:00 (UTC +09:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Asia/Tokyo)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.0690, 142.3640 at 13 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Mw 6.8 2014-07-11
19:22:00
37.069 142.364 13 2014-10-21
12:08:56
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 7264421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-11 19:22:00 ± 0
Latitude 37.0690
Longitude 142.3640
Depth (km) 13 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-USGS
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 7264421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 29
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Mw:6.8

Field Value
Value 6.8
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Mw
Reference to an origin 7264421
Agency INGV
Autore U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-07-11 19:48:18
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