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M7.6 earthquake, Japan, 1964-06-16

MagnitudeM7.6mw

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Depth16 km

Time (UTC)1964-06-16 04:01

Rank in 19643 / 144among M6+

Rank since 1900345 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×251approx.

27 km NW of Murakami, Japan · 38.38, 139.23

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2011 M9.1M9.1

2011 M7.9M7.9

1938 M7.8M7.8

1938 M7.7M7.7

1978 M7.7M7.7

1964 M7.6M7.6

2024 M7.5M7.5

1983 M7.4M7.4

2022 M7.3M7.3

1933 M7.2M7.2

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.6 1964-05-07	1964-05-07 20:12	18 km	69 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan
M7.0 1964-05-07	1964-05-07 07:58	27 km	83 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan
M6.2 1964-02-05	1964-02-05 11:30	50 km	48 km E of Ōarai, Japan
M6.5 1963-08-15	1963-08-15 06:11	35 km	82 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.2 1963-05-08	1963-05-08 10:22	46 km	50 km E of ?arai, Japan
M6.1 1962-04-30	1962-04-30 02:26	15 km	20 km SSE of Ichinoseki, Japan
M7.0 1959-01-22	1959-01-22 05:10	35 km	117 km E of Namie, Japan
M6.1 1958-02-16	1958-02-16 06:04	35 km	77 km SSE of ?funato, Japan
M6.1 1956-11-21	1956-11-21 07:33	41 km	102 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.1 1956-02-10	1956-02-10 00:02	38 km	119 km ESE of Namie, Japan

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.