Earthquake details

Thursday, July 5, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 02:33 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 290.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.712 and latitude 32.301.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	32.301, 139.712
UTC time	2001-07-05 02:33:25.980

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-07-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	290.9 km
Tateyama	298.9 km
Itō	302.4 km
Sumiyoshi	304.5 km
Minamibōsō	304.6 km
Kikugawa	305.5 km
Izu	305.6 km
Maruobara	308.0 km
Izunokuni	312.8 km
Kamogawa	313.3 km
Yaizu	313.6 km
Shimada	313.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	312.2 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	271.0 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	366.1 km

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