Earthquake details

Thursday, July 5, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 05:41 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 273.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.576 and latitude 32.422.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	32.422, 139.576
UTC time	2001-07-05 05:41:22.420

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-07-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	273.1 km
Tateyama	286.4 km
Sumiyoshi	286.8 km
Itō	286.9 km
Kikugawa	287.6 km
Izu	289.7 km
Maruobara	290.2 km
Minamibōsō	292.3 km
Shimada	296.2 km
Yaizu	296.2 km
Izunokuni	297.0 km
Fujieda	298.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	293.7 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	252.5 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	347.5 km

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