Earthquake details

Friday, May 25, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, May 25, 2001 at 00:40 UTC with a magnitude of 6.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 249.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.393 and latitude 44.268.

Magnitude	6.7
Alert	Severe
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.268, 148.393
UTC time	2001-05-25 00:40:50.600

Location	Kushiro
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2001-05-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	249.6 km
Abashiri	330.5 km
Kushiro	354.3 km
Kitami	364.0 km
Otofuke	441.8 km
Obihiro	444.4 km
Asahikawa	485.6 km
Korsakov	511.4 km
Takikawa	526.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	532.2 km
Bibai	535.3 km
Wakkanai	545.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.8 Nemuro Japan · 2026-05-01 17:19 UTC	276.1 km
M 4.4 Kushiro Japan · 2026-03-17 21:13 UTC	392.1 km
M 4.2 Nemuro Japan · 2026-02-11 04:30 UTC	296.2 km
M 4.0 Kushiro Japan · 2026-01-24 22:04 UTC	371.0 km
M 4.8 Kushiro Japan · 2026-01-18 09:46 UTC	331.4 km
M 4.2 Nemuro Japan · 2026-01-15 17:58 UTC	277.8 km
M 5.5 Kushiro Japan · 2026-01-14 22:13 UTC	288.9 km
M 4.2 Kushiro Japan · 2026-01-11 00:48 UTC	405.1 km

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