Earthquake details

Friday, March 11, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:40 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Minami-Sōma (Japan - JP), about 20.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.984 and latitude 37.447.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	39.5 km
Coordinates	37.447, 140.984
UTC time	2011-03-11 08:40:56.140

Location	Minami-Sōma
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-03-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Minami-Sōma	20.3 km
Tamura	33.7 km
Sōma	38.8 km
Iwaki	45.1 km
Nihommatsu	50.9 km
Motomiya	52.1 km
Kōriyama	53.4 km
Sukagawa	56.2 km
Fukushima	56.7 km
Date	59.3 km
Kakuda	61.6 km
Watari	66.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.3 Kōriyama Japan · 2026-05-05 19:35 UTC	40.0 km
M 4.1 Iwaki Japan · 2026-04-05 17:28 UTC	71.0 km
M 5.0 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-04-02 00:52 UTC	96.8 km
M 4.2 Iwaki Japan · 2026-03-24 14:03 UTC	40.3 km
M 4.5 Minami-Sōma Japan · 2026-03-10 06:28 UTC	2.1 km
M 4.0 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-02-24 04:27 UTC	108.7 km
M 4.2 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-02-20 18:59 UTC	97.5 km
M 4.5 Minami-Sōma Japan · 2026-02-18 22:40 UTC	83.7 km

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