Earthquake details

Saturday, January 18, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 19:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Shima (Japan - JP), about 54.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 137.183 and latitude 33.941.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	33.941, 137.183
UTC time	2003-01-18 19:50:28.420

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2003-01-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Shima	54.3 km
Ise	75.0 km
Tahara	81.3 km
Kosai	90.1 km
Matsusaka	92.6 km
Toyohashi	93.7 km
Hamamatsu	98.5 km
Gamagōri	99.4 km
Toyokawa	99.5 km
Nishio	103.8 km
Kōta	104.0 km
Taketoyo	104.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	27.0 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	57.6 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	75.8 km

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