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M6.9 earthquake, Japan, 2021-05-01

MagnitudeM6.9mww

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Depth43 km

Time (UTC)2021-05-01 01:27

Rank in 202121 / 157among M6+

Rank since 19002022 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×22approx.

30 km SSE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan · 38.20, 141.60

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2021-05-13	2021-05-13 23:58	32 km	76 km ENE of Namie, Japan

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2011 M9.1M9.1

1933 M8.4M8.4

1960 M8.0M8.0

1931 M7.9M7.9

2011 M7.9M7.9

1938 M7.8M7.8

1938 M7.7M7.7

1978 M7.7M7.7

2011 M7.7M7.7

1905 M7.7M7.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.0 2021-03-20	2021-03-20 09:09	43 km	30 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
M7.1 2021-02-13	2021-02-13 14:07	44 km	73 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.1 2020-09-12	2020-09-12 02:44	34 km	58 km SE of ?funato, Japan
M6.3 2020-04-19	2020-04-19 20:39	38 km	31 km SE of ?funato, Japan
M6.3 2019-08-04	2019-08-04 10:23	38 km	61 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.4 2019-06-18	2019-06-18 13:22	12 km	31 km WSW of Tsuruoka, Japan
M6.0 2019-04-11	2019-04-11 08:18	18 km	143 km NE of Miyako, Japan
M6.2 2017-10-06	2017-10-06 07:59	9 km	259 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.1 2017-09-20	2017-09-20 16:37	11 km	282 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan
M6.9 2016-11-21	2016-11-21 20:59	9 km	35 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.