Earthquake details

Sunday, March 20, 2005 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 01:53 UTC with a magnitude of 6.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Maebaru-chūō (Japan - JP), about 28.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 130.131 and latitude 33.807.

Magnitude	6.6
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	33.807, 130.131
UTC time	2005-03-20 01:53:41.830

Location	Fukuoka
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2005-03-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Maebaru-chūō	28.4 km
Shingū	29.7 km
Itoshima	29.9 km
Nishifukuma	32.1 km
Koga	32.1 km
Fukutsu	33.4 km
Fukuoka	35.1 km
Iki	38.0 km
Munakata	39.6 km
Katanawa	41.9 km
Wakasugi	42.7 km
Karatsu	43.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.3 Kikuchi Japan · 2025-11-25 12:59 UTC	126.0 km
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M 4.9 Yufu Japan · 2025-08-06 23:47 UTC	118.1 km

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