Earthquake details

Thursday, July 20, 2000 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, July 20, 2000 at 18:39 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Hitachi (Japan - JP), about 31.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.983 and latitude 36.510.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Severe
Depth	47.1 km
Coordinates	36.510, 140.983
UTC time	2000-07-20 18:39:18.820

Location	Hitachi
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2000-07-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Hitachi	31.4 km
Kitaibaraki	37.2 km
Funaishikawa	37.6 km
Hitachi-ota	40.9 km
Hitachi-Naka	42.1 km
Inada	42.6 km
Katsuta	42.7 km
Mito	51.0 km
Hitachiomiya	52.3 km
Okunoya	56.7 km
Hokota	57.9 km
Iwaki	60.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Kashiwa Japan · 2026-04-01 01:06 UTC	111.6 km
M 4.2 Iwaki Japan · 2026-03-24 14:03 UTC	86.0 km
M 4.2 Hitachi Japan · 2026-03-14 11:17 UTC	62.0 km
M 4.1 Hasaki Japan · 2026-02-03 18:36 UTC	81.4 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-03 09:03 UTC	20.1 km
M 4.3 Mito Japan · 2026-01-30 18:47 UTC	31.9 km
M 4.3 Oyama Japan · 2026-01-25 02:46 UTC	110.3 km
M 4.0 Hitachiomiya Japan · 2026-01-23 21:20 UTC	64.6 km

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