Breaking News: Magnitude 8+ Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Japan
Report - By The Scoop Team
A large earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami in the north-west Pacific.
The USGSUnited States Geological Science site (www.usgs.gov) records the quake as a 8.8 Magnitude approximately 125
kilometres off the coast of Honsu, Japan.
Magnitude 8.8
Date-Time: Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
Location: 38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth: 24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program
Region: NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances:
130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan.
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