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Prakruti

Observed earthquake

120 km SE of ?funato, Japan

Recent observation

Reported by 1 agency. Every solution below is that agency's own measurement, stored unaltered.

Magnitude
7.3mww
Depth
32 km
shallow
Origin time
2011-03-09 02:45:20 UTC
15 y ago
Epicentre
38.44°N, 142.84°E

Agency solutions

The same earthquake as measured independently by each agency. Values are never averaged or rewritten.

Recent observation
AgencyMagnitudeDepthOrigin timeEpicentreReview statusSource record
USGSUnited States Geological SurveyM7.3 mww32 km2011-03-09 02:45:20 UTC38.44°N, 142.84°EReviewed by an analyst550 stationsusp000hvhj ↗

Source: Earthquake data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. · Retrieved: 2026-09-21 15:49:54 UTC

Felt reports

Recent observation
281 people submitted a felt report to United States Geological Survey · community intensity estimate 5.4 · instrumental intensity estimate 5.048.

Felt reports are crowd-sourced and reflect where people had internet access and chose to respond. They are not a complete map of who felt the earthquake.