Earthquake details

Sunday, January 1, 2006 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, January 1, 2006 at 07:11 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 398.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.131 and latitude 31.394.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	31.394, 140.131
UTC time	2006-01-01 07:11:57.010

Location	Omaezaki
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2006-01-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	398.9 km
Tateyama	400.3 km
Minamibōsō	405.3 km
Itō	409.5 km
Kamogawa	412.2 km
Sumiyoshi	412.7 km
Izu	413.3 km
Kikugawa	413.4 km
Maruobara	416.0 km
Miura	419.7 km
Izunokuni	420.4 km
Yaizu	422.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Fujieda Japan · 2026-05-08 03:36 UTC	441.9 km
M 4.5 Itō Japan · 2026-03-16 11:37 UTC	391.8 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	374.8 km

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