- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 26, 2010 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Tori Shima, Okinawa
- Magnitude:
- 7 Mw
- Depth:
- 25 km
- Injuries:
- 2
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwr 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwr 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwr 5
Other earthquake records of 2010 CE
- Haiti, Port-Au-Prince · Mw 7 · 316,000 deaths
- China, Qinghai Province: Yushu · Mw 6.9 · 2,968 deaths
- Chile, Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano · Mw 8.8 · 558 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatra · Mw 7.8 · 431 deaths
- Turkey, Elazig Province: Okcular, Yukari Demirci · Mw 6.1 · 51 deaths
- Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya: Japen · Mw 7 · 17 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 2010 CE Earthquake — Japan, Tori Shima, Okinawa happen?
- February 26, 2010 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.