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M6.6 earthquake, Japan, 2004-09-06

MagnitudeM6.6mwc

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Depth10 km

Time (UTC)2004-09-06 23:29

Rank in 200434 / 157among M6+

Rank since 19003642 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

129 km ESE of Shing?, Japan · 33.20, 137.23

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.6 2004-09-07	2004-09-07 18:36	10 km	116 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M6.1 2004-09-08	2004-09-08 14:58	21 km	130 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M5.6 2004-09-10	2004-09-10 02:05	10 km	88 km SSE of Shing?, Japan

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1946 M8.3M8.3

1944 M8.1M8.1

1948 M7.4M7.4

1906 M7.4M7.4

2004 M7.4M7.4

1905 M7.2M7.2

1910 M7.2M7.2

1984 M7.2M7.2

2004 M7.2M7.2

2009 M7.1M7.1

1915 M7.0M7.0

1928 M7.0M7.0

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.5 2004-09-05	2004-09-05 14:57	15 km	119 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M7.4 2004-09-05	2004-09-05 14:57	10 km	118 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M7.2 2004-09-05	2004-09-05 10:07	14 km	94 km SE of Shing?, Japan
M6.4 2003-11-12	2003-11-12 08:26	385 km	118 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M6.5 2000-07-30	2000-07-30 12:25	10 km	94 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan
M6.1 2000-07-15	2000-07-15 01:30	10 km	near the south coast of Honshu, Japan
M6.1 2000-07-01	2000-07-01 07:01	10 km	53 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan
M6.0 1995-07-07	1995-07-07 21:15	333 km	62 km SSE of Toba, Japan
M6.9 1995-01-16	1995-01-16 20:46	22 km	8 km S of Akashi, Japan
M6.9 1993-10-11	1993-10-11 15:54	351 km	256 km SE of Shing?, 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.