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M6.9 earthquake, Japan, 2012-03-14

MagnitudeM6.9mww

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Depth12 km

Time (UTC)2012-03-14 09:08

Rank in 201217 / 133among M6+

Rank since 19001980 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×22approx.

236 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 40.89, 144.94

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2012-03-14	2012-03-14 10:49	10 km	245 km S of Kushiro, Japan
M5.6 2012-03-14	2012-03-14 10:57	12 km	211 km SE of Hiroo, Japan

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1933 M8.4M8.4

1968 M8.2M8.2

2003 M8.2M8.2

1952 M8.1M8.1

1960 M8.0M8.0

1931 M7.9M7.9

1968 M7.9M7.9

1994 M7.8M7.8

1919 M7.7M7.7

1973 M7.7M7.7

1905 M7.7M7.7

1915 M7.6M7.6

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.2 2011-11-24	2011-11-24 10:25	38 km	53 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.7 2011-09-16	2011-09-16 19:26	30 km	99 km NE of Miyako, Japan
M6.7 2011-06-22	2011-06-22 21:50	33 km	41 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
M6.0 2011-04-13	2011-04-13 19:57	22 km	120 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.4 2011-03-22	2011-03-22 09:44	13 km	130 km E of Miyako, Japan
M6.2 2011-03-17	2011-03-17 04:13	29 km	57 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
M6.1 2011-03-15	2011-03-15 15:23	18 km	138 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M6.1 2011-03-11	2011-03-11 20:11	17 km	72 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan
M6.0 2011-03-11	2011-03-11 19:02	27 km	80 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.6 2011-03-11	2011-03-11 11:36	26 km	50 km ESE of ?tsuchi, 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.