Earthquake — Japan: Honshu

When

11 Apr 2011

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.6

Where

Japan

Coordinates

37.00° N, 140.40° E

Deaths

7

Houses destroyed

3

Depth km

11

Earthquake in Japan

A strong intraplate earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), occurred at 17:16 JST (08:16 UTC) on 11 April, in the Hamadōri region of Fukushima, Japan. It had a shallow focus of 13 km (8.1 mi), with an inland epicentre, about 36 km (22 mi) west of Iwaki, causing widespread strong to locally severe shaking.

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