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Historic Earthquake
April 2011 Miyagi Earthquake
7 April 2011 · Near E Coast Honshu · Japan
On 7 April 2011 at 14:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan (Near E Coast Honshu), at a depth of 42 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 209 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 3 people and injured 132.
- Date
- 7 April 2011
- Time
- 14:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 42 km
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 132
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Naruko (90 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
- 20112011 Northern Nagano Earthquake · M 7.9
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 1915Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.8
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth