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M7.2 earthquake, Japan, 2005-08-16

MagnitudeM7.2mwc

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Depth36 km

Time (UTC)2005-08-16 02:46

Rank in 20058 / 150among M6+

Rank since 1900972 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×63approx.

66 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 38.28, 142.04

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.9 2005-08-24	2005-08-24 10:14	10 km	141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
M6.1 2005-08-24	2005-08-24 10:15	10 km	123 km ESE of ?funato, 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

1994 M7.8M7.8

1938 M7.7M7.7

1978 M7.7M7.7

2011 M7.7M7.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2004-10-27	2004-10-27 01:40	14 km	7 km ESE of Ojiya, Japan
M6.0 2004-04-03	2004-04-03 23:02	31 km	37 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
M7.0 2003-10-31	2003-10-31 01:06	10 km	133 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.1 2003-07-25	2003-07-25 22:13	6 km	7 km NW of Matsushima, Japan
M7.0 2003-05-26	2003-05-26 09:24	68 km	27 km SSW of ?funato, Japan
M6.4 2002-11-03	2002-11-03 03:37	39 km	30 km SE of ?funato, Japan
M6.5 2001-12-02	2001-12-02 13:01	124 km	3 km NW of Hanamaki, Japan
M6.3 2000-10-03	2000-10-03 04:13	33 km	123 km NE of Miyako, Japan
M6.0 2000-07-20	2000-07-20 18:39	47 km	31 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
M6.2 1998-05-30	1998-05-30 18:18	33 km	137 km ESE of Yamada, 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.