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Very strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - 60 km northeast of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan, on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 08:08 GMT

Very strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 32 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 14, 2010 08:08:03 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.5
Depth	32.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	37.745°N / 141.59°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode	37.745°S / 38.41°W
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Aoso (94 km / 58 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	60 km (37 mi) ENE of Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) ESE of Watari (pop: 36,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) ESE of Iwanuma (pop: 42,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) ESE of Kakuda (pop: 33,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SSE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) SE of Schiogama (pop: 59,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SE of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) E of Fukushima (pop: 294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 99 km (62 mi) NE of Iwaki (pop: 357,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 284 km (177 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (98.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 84802 tons of TNT or 5.3 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.5	32 km	near the east coast of Honshu, Japan	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 9210 km / 5723 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (13 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Sep 1, 2010 07:32 13 years ago	5.2 44 km	69 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan	More
Aug 28, 2010 00:19 13 years ago	4.3 36 km	387 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More
Aug 21, 2010 14:26 13 years ago	4.5 37 km	65 km E of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan	More
Aug 8, 2010 16:18 13 years ago	4.2 44 km	296 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More
Aug 7, 2010 16:03 13 years ago	4.6 33 km	87 km SE of Oki-sannō-jima Island, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan	More
Aug 4, 2010 23:53 13 years ago	4.5 79 km	37 km SE of Watari, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan	More
Aug 3, 2010 14:39 13 years ago	4.4 27 km	231 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More
Jun 13, 2010 03:32 13 years ago	5.9 27 km	75 km NE of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan	More
Jun 1, 2010 04:49 13 years ago	4.7 59 km	33 km E of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan	More
Apr 29, 2010 08:01 13 years ago	4.5 35 km	33 km SE of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan	More
Apr 25, 2010 21:22 13 years ago	4.8 68 km	350 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More
Apr 5, 2010 09:36 13 years ago	4.4 10 km	247 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More
Apr 2, 2010 18:32 13 years ago	4.3 42 km	363 km NE of Tokyo, Japan	More

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