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SEISMIC EVENT: EASTERN HONSHU  23 JULY 2008  15:26 UTC  6.8 MW

The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake:

DATE			:	23 July 2008
ORIGIN TIME		:	15:26 20s UTC
LAT/LONG		:	39.807=B0 North / 141.467=B0 East
DEPTH			:	111 km=20
MAGNITUDE		:	6.8 Mw
LOCALITY		:	Eastern Honshu, Japan


Latest reports indicate that over 125 people have been injured by this eart=
hquake which occurred approximately 500 km NNE of Tokyo. Landslides were re=
ported at several locations, power was cut to at least 8,000 homes in the e=
picentral area and Japan's 'bullet' super-express trains were suspended. =20

This earthquake locates approximately 100 km NE of a magnitude 6.9 earthqua=
ke that occurred last month, on 13 June, that killed 12 people and injured =
at least 300 others and approximately 275 km NW of a magnitude 7.0 earthqua=
ke that occurred last week, on 19 July.


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Davie Galloway
Earthquake, Forensic Seismology and Geomagnetism
British Geological Survey
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