M 5.9 earthquake – 111 km E of Miyako, Japan
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Local time: Mar 23, 1960 · 17:46 (UTC+9)
ModerateShallow · 15 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.9moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 39.765, 143.232111 km from Miyako
- Energy released
- 11 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 534USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 23, 1960.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 11 kilotons of TNT, 22 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Japan.
- 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011
- 8.4 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan Mar 2, 1933
- 8.2 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake May 16, 1968
- 8.2 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Sep 25, 2003
- 8.1 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Mar 4, 1952
- 7.9 113 km ENE of Miyako, Japan Mar 20, 1960
- 7.9 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan Mar 9, 1931
- 7.9 70 km S of Honchō, Japan May 16, 1968
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.