Japan Earthquake

Chile's Pacific coast, one of the furthest from Japan at about 17,000 km (11,000 mi) distant, was
struck by waves 2 m (6.6 ft) high, compared with an estimated wave height of 38.9 meters (128
ft) at Omoe peninsula, Miyako city, Japan.
8.9 or 9.0 magnitude
struck off Japan's north-east coast, about 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo at a depth of 20 miles.
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake happened at 2:46pm (local time) on Friday March 11, 2011.

Magnitude

Date-Time

9.0

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:24 UTC

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:24 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
Depth
Region

38.297N, 142.372E
30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
129 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
177 km (109 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
Distances
177 km (109 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
NST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=0.1 sec, Gp= 29,
Parameters
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source
Event ID

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

usc0001xgp

The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to

40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Thoku's

Valdivia Earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake

Valdivia
May 22, 1960 15:11:14

Chile, Argentina, United States, Japan, Philippines

9.5 magnitude

tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New
Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands.
25 metres (82 ft)

Date

[2]

11 13 minutes - 1000km(+ plus) est

rupture[3]
Magnitude Mw [3]
Depth
33 km
Lumaco, Chile
Epicenter 38.235S 73.047WCoordinates:
38.235S 73.047W[1]
Areas
affected
Tsunami Yes
Foreshocks Yes 8.6 & 8.1 highest
Aftershocks Yes
Casualties 2,230 6,000[3]
Duration