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Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - 96 km northeast of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Monday, September 14, 1970 at 09:44 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 49 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 14, 1970 09:44:55 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.4
Depth	48.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.751°N / 142.321°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode	38.751°S / 37.679°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Kurikoma (134 km / 83 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	63 km (39 mi) SE of Ofunato (pop: 35,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 70 km (44 mi) SE of Kamaishi (pop: 43,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) SSE of Ōtsuchi (Kamihei-gun) (pop: 16,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SSE of Yamada (Shimohei-gun) (pop: 20,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) SE of Tōno (pop: 26,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (60 mi) ENE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 120 km (74 mi) ESE of Kitakami (pop: 93,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 138 km (85 mi) ENE of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 146 km (91 mi) SE of Morioka (pop: 295,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 412 km (256 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.4	49 km	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	USGS

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