Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 11:44 UTC with a magnitude of 6.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Funaishikawa (Japan - JP), about 25.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.839 and latitude 36.405.

Magnitude	6.3
Alert	Severe
Depth	32.0 km
Coordinates	36.405, 140.839
UTC time	2005-10-19 11:44:42.790

Location	Mito
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2005-10-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Funaishikawa	25.3 km
Hitachi-Naka	27.3 km
Katsuta	27.5 km
Hitachi	27.5 km
Inada	29.0 km
Hitachi-ota	32.2 km
Mito	35.4 km
Okunoya	40.2 km
Hokota	40.5 km
Hitachiomiya	42.9 km
Kitaibaraki	43.2 km
Omitama	44.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Kashiwa Japan · 2026-04-01 01:06 UTC	95.0 km
M 4.2 Hitachi Japan · 2026-03-14 11:17 UTC	72.5 km
M 4.4 Kamisu Japan · 2026-03-14 05:59 UTC	88.7 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-08 01:59 UTC	93.0 km
M 4.1 Hasaki Japan · 2026-02-03 18:36 UTC	72.2 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-03 09:03 UTC	36.0 km
M 4.3 Mito Japan · 2026-01-30 18:47 UTC	14.9 km
M 4.3 Oyama Japan · 2026-01-25 02:46 UTC	95.4 km

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