Re: 26th ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE
Posted by Roger Musson on June 30, 2001 at 08:05:49:

Yes, "largest" can be a problem when one has different agencies disagreeing, and particularly with deep events. My data file obviously has the JMA magnitude. The ISC magnitude is 6.1 mb, but judging by the station data it must have been pretty big; the Mw would be interesting.