On August 16, 2005 at 11:46 AM (local time) a powerful 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan causing injury and damage in many areas.
As you can tell by the attached graphics, Japan is a very seismically active location.
The graphic above shows that the quake was centered offshore about 60 miles east of Sendai.
The graphic on the left shows all quakes above 5.0 that have occurred within 200 miles of this quake over the last year. CLICK HERE to see a list of all quakes shown on the map.click on graphics for a larger view
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