M 7.6 earthquake – 78 km S of Naze, Japan
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Local time: Jun 16, 1938 · 11:15 (UTC+9)
MajorShallow · 20 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.6moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 20 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 27.659, 129.47679 km from Naze
- Energy released
- 3.8 megatons of TNTabout 253 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 166 km
- Significance
- 889USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1911
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Jun 15, 1911.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 3.8 megatons of TNT, 7,943 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.
- 7.9 108 km NW of Naze, Japan Jun 15, 1911
- 7.2 Ryukyu Islands, Japan Jun 24, 1901
- 7.2 101 km NE of Naze, Japan Nov 5, 1923
- 7.1 83 km SE of Naze, Japan Oct 18, 1995
- 7.0 122 km SSE of Koshima, Japan Mar 21, 1942
- 7.0 70 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan Feb 26, 2010
- 7.0 152 km NW of Uken, Japan Jul 4, 1914
- 7.0 12 km SE of Ginowan, Japan Feb 23, 1911