Earthquake details

Wednesday, July 4, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, July 4, 2001 at 09:25 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 302.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.500 and latitude 32.104.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	32.104, 139.500
UTC time	2001-07-04 09:25:09.110

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-07-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	302.2 km
Kikugawa	316.5 km
Sumiyoshi	316.6 km
Maruobara	319.3 km
Itō	321.0 km
Tateyama	322.3 km
Izu	323.3 km
Shimada	325.8 km
Yaizu	326.7 km
Kakegawa	326.9 km
Iwata	327.1 km
Fujieda	328.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	313.7 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	275.9 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	368.2 km

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