Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan    2012.04.01-14:04:23.55    mb:5.7    Mwp:5.8    Mwpd:-    WL:1.3 GREEN

Earthquake details:
Magnitude: mb: 5.7 [121]    Mwp: 5.8 [44]    Mwpd: 6.2Xinv [40]
Region: Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan
Origin Time: 2012.04.01-14:04:23.55 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: 37.01°  lon: 141.09°   [+/-13km]    depth: 20km   [+/-18km]
Location Quality: stdErr:1.5s   assocPhases: 156   usedPhases: 141
minDist: 2.4°   maxDist: 161.2°   AzGap: 37°   2ndAzGap: 41°
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 9km   maxHorUnc: 13km   azMaxHorUnc: 113°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 18km   majorAxisAzimuth: 251°   majorAxisPlunge: 78°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 16km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 115°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 9°   semiMinorAxisLength: 11km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: T50Ex: 0.5 [125]    Td: 2.6 [14]    WL: 1.3 [14] GREEN    T0: 31.5 [116]
Tsunami evaluation: unlikely tsunamigenic event (Td*T50Ex Warning Level: GREEN )
    (DISCLAIMER: Tsunamigenic evaluation is based on the value of the Td*T50Ex Warning Level. This evaluation only concerns the likelihood that this earthquake generated a regional or larger scale tsunami. This evaluation DOES NOT concern the size and effects of a possible tsunami, which depend on details of the earthquake source, ocean bathymetry, coastal distances and population density, and many other factors.) This evaluation DOES NOT apply to and DOES NOT EXCLUDE the possibility that this earthquake generated a local tsunami, which can be destructive along coasts within a 100 km or more from the earthquake epicenter.
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First-motion Focal Mechanism:    (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 159°   dip: 39°   rake: 82°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 17°   dip: 82°   rake: 112°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 38°   stationPolarityCount: 115   misfit: 0.18   stationDistributionRatio: 0.65   qualityCode: D
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
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Event ID: 1333289064258
Event info last updated: 2012.04.01-15:05:07 UTC
Event first association/location: 2012.04.01-14:07:03 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.0.3 (2011.12.06)
Agency: INGV