Asteroid alert : Two asteroids are closer to earth than the moon today: ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN jAPAN

DOUBLE ASTEROID FLYBY: It's notable when an asteroid flies past Earth closer than the Moon. Today, April 6th, two asteroids will do this. Newly-discovered space rocks 2011 GW9 and 2011 GP28 will zip through the Earth-Moon system at Earth-distances of 77,000 km and 192,000 km, respectively. Both are ten-meter class asteroids two to three times smaller than the Tunguska impactor of 1908. There is no danger of a collision.

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Magnitude 5.5 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 April 06 13:54:52 UTC

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Magnitude	5.5
Date-Time	Wednesday, April 06, 2011 at 13:54:52 UTC Wednesday, April 06, 2011 at 10:54:52 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	37.635°N, 141.469°E
Depth	54.2 km (33.7 miles)
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	83 km (51 miles) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan 85 km (52 miles) SE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 89 km (55 miles) E of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 265 km (164 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.7 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 9 km (5.6 miles)
Parameters	NST=305, Nph=316, Dmin=315 km, Rmss=0.65 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0002k59                                   USGS