March 11, 2011
March 15, 2011. (The earthquake)
There is no specific pattern to earthquakes. If there was - we would be able to predict their happening and take necessary precautions.
yesterday
They can happen at any time
The earthquake in Japan has moved the earth 25 centimeters(cm) and shortened the day by 1.8microseconds.
March 11,2011 Friday
17th Of January
Actually, earthquakes occur several hundred times a day worldwide. However, these are magnitude of 2 or lower, so they are not felt.A magnitude of 7 earthquake happen at least once a month somewhere in the world.
In Japan year comes first, then month and day, it goes like this. 2009/7/1
it was on Thursday march 10th
Japan probably has one or more earthquakes every day. The most significant earthquake in Japan was the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 that occurred in the depths of the Pacific Ocean near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of the city of Sendai. Exact location: 38.297°N, 142.372°E
Japan nearly has at least one earthquake per day but most of the daily ones are small and go unnoticed.As of November 15 there were approximately 4,750 earthquakes in or near Japan for 2011 according to the USGS earthquake data (not including small quakes under M 3.0) with March the most active month of the year. That's on average 15 earthquakes per day.Info for the latest earthquake in Japan can be found on the USGS website. USGS keeps tracks of earthquakes around the world.