Magnitude 5.5 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	5.5
Date-Time	Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 15:07:31 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 12:07:31 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	42.672°N, 141.930°E
Depth	119.7 km (74.4 miles) set by location program
Region	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances	66 km (41 miles) SE (134°) from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 127 km (79 miles) SSW (197°) from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 141 km (88 miles) NE (44°) from Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan 801 km (498 miles) NNE (13°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=153, Nph=153, Dmin=480.5 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	us2007bha6