- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 9, 2011 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Sanriku
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 3
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 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 9.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2011 CE
- Japan, Honshu · Mw 9.1 · 18,423 deaths
- Turkey, Ercis, Van · Mw 7.1 · 604 deaths
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Lyttelton · Mw 6.1 · 185 deaths
- India, Sikkim, Nepal, China, Bhutan · Mw 6.9 · 127 deaths
- Myanmar, Tachilek, Thailand · Mw 6.8 · 104 deaths
- Turkey, Van · Mw 5.7 · 40 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 2011 CE Earthquake — Japan, Sanriku happen?
- March 9, 2011 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.