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Table 4 Fault parameters and calculated PGA at an assumed sediment source point (GeoB21818 coring site) for six large recent and historical earthquakes

From: How large peak ground acceleration by large earthquakes could generate turbidity currents along the slope of northern Japan Trench

EQ	Mw	Focal depth (km)	Fault distance (km)	PGA (G)
2011 Tohoku-oki	9.1	24	67	0.35
1994 Sanriku-oki	7.8	10	14	0.59
1968 Tokachi-oki	8.2	10	14	0.64
1933 Showa-Sanriku	8.4	10	18	0.63
1931 Sanriku-oki	7.8	10	22	0.49
1896 Meiji-Sanriku	8.1	7	14	0.61

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