Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 20:18 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tateyama (Japan - JP), about 377.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.441 and latitude 31.629.

Magnitude 5.2
Alert Strong
Depth 66.8 km
Coordinates 31.629, 140.441
UTC time 2002-12-11 20:18:14.080
Location Itō
Country Japan (JP)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2002-12-11

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