Earthquake details

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 17:56 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tanabe (Japan - JP), about 316.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 137.463 and latitude 31.509.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	31.509, 137.463
UTC time	2001-12-11 17:56:30.220

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-12-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tanabe	316.1 km
Shima	319.9 km
Ise	338.7 km
Omaezaki	351.1 km
Tahara	352.1 km
Matsusaka	352.5 km
Kosai	355.3 km
Hamamatsu	356.1 km
Gojō	356.6 km
Hashimoto	357.0 km
Iwata	357.0 km
Kikugawa	360.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	298.0 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	291.6 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	344.5 km

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