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M6.7 earthquake, Japan, 2011-09-16

MagnitudeM6.7mwc
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Depth30 km
Time (UTC)2011-09-16 19:26
Rank in 201137 / 207among M6+
Rank since 19003036 / 14,458
Energy vs an M6×11approx.

99 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 40.27, 142.78

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

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M5.7 2011-09-162011-09-16 20:1135 km128 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M5.9 2011-09-162011-09-16 21:0818 km112 km NE of Miyako, Japan
M5.8 2011-09-162011-09-16 21:3641 km113 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M5.7 2011-09-162011-09-16 22:4038 km122 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M5.7 2011-09-172011-09-17 07:3430 km91 km NE of Miyako, Japan
M5.6 2011-09-182011-09-18 07:0410 km97 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M6.3 2011-07-232011-07-23 04:3441 km21 km SSE of ?funato, Japan
M7.0 2011-07-102011-07-10 00:5723 km177 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.7 2011-06-222011-06-22 21:5033 km41 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
M6.0 2011-05-052011-05-05 14:5811 km224 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan
M6.0 2011-04-132011-04-13 19:5722 km120 km E of Yamada, Japan
M7.1 2011-04-072011-04-07 14:3242 km29 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.0 2011-03-312011-03-31 07:1542 km18 km SSE of ?funato, Japan
M6.2 2011-03-272011-03-27 22:2319 km62 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
M6.2 2011-03-252011-03-25 11:3639 km36 km SSE of ?funato, Japan
M6.4 2011-03-222011-03-22 09:4413 km130 km E of Miyako, 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.