Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.6 (Moderate)
Date-Time Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 15:20:37 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, August 18, 2006 at 2:20:37 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 46.583°N, 141.857°E
Depth 32.3 km (20.1 miles)
Region SAKHALIN, RUSSIA
Distances 80 km (50 miles) WSW of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
130 km (80 miles) N of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan
1230 km (760 miles) N of TOKYO, Japan
6660 km (4140 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.8 km (3.0 miles); depth +/- 14.7 km (9.1 miles)
Parameters Nst=225, Nph=225, Dmin=80.1 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usrmbc
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usrmbc.php