M 4.8, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan

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Magnitude	4.8
Date-Time
Location	40.862?N, 145.150?E
Depth	10.4 km (6.5 miles)
Region	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	244 km (151 miles) SSE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 279 km (173 miles) SE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan 312 km (193 miles) E of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan 743 km (461 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 19.8 km (12.3 miles); depth +/- 6 km (3.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=158, Nph=158, Dmin=418.6 km, Rmss=0.5 sec, Gp=133?, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=A
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb000a0hl

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