- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 16, 2005 CE
- Location:
- Japan, East Coast Honshu
- Magnitude:
- 7.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 36 km
- Injuries:
- 56
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 6.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwr 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
Other earthquake records of 2005 CE
- Pakistan, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula · Mw 7.6 · 76,213 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera: Sw · Mw 8.6 · 1,319 deaths
- Iran, Kerman Province: Zarand · Mw 6.4 · 612 deaths
- China, Jiangxi: Jiujiang, Ruichang · Mw 5.2 · 16 deaths
- Iran, Qeshm, Zirang · Mw 6 · 13 deaths
- Chile, Tarapaca · Mw 7.7 · 11 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2005 CE Earthquake — Japan, East Coast Honshu happen?
- August 16, 2005 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.