Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 17, 2002 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 00:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tateyama (Japan - JP), about 370.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.451 and latitude 31.688.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 64.7 km
Coordinates 31.688, 140.451
UTC time 2002-04-17 00:14:57.840
Location Itō
Country Japan (JP)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2002-04-17

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