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Historic Earthquake
2011 Northern Nagano Earthquake
11 March 2011 · Near E Coast Honshu · Japan
On 11 March 2011 at 06:15 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Japan (Near E Coast Honshu), at a depth of 43 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 135 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 11 March 2011
- Time
- 06:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 43 km
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Takaharayama (138 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 19781978 Miyagi Earthquake · M 7.728 deaths
- 19641964 Niigata Earthquake · M 7.636 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.71 deaths
- 19381938 Fukushima Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth