Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - 3.2 km northwest of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, on Sunday, December 2, 2001 at 13:01 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 124 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.5
Depth: 123.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.402°N / 141.089°E

Antipode: 39.402°S / 38.911°W
Nearest volcano: Yakeishi (35 km / 22 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) NW of Hanamaki (pop: 73,100) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) N of Kitakami (pop: 93,900) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (19 mi) N of Mizusawa (pop: 61,300) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) S of Morioka (pop: 295,200) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) SSE of Shizukuishi (Iwate District) (pop: 19,900) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) WNW of Tōno (pop: 26,800) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) ENE of Yokote (Akita) (pop: 39,200) --> See nearby quakes!
54 km (34 mi) N of Ichinoseki (pop: 63,000) --> See nearby quakes!
128 km (79 mi) N of Sendai (Miyagi) (pop: 1,063,100) --> See nearby quakes!
431 km (268 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1014 joules (98.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 84802 tons of TNT or 5.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.5 | 124 km | eastern Honshu, Japan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (8 quakes)
Date and time![]() | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
May 12, 2002 01:29 20 years ago | 5.4 96 km | 12 km SW of Kitakami, Iwate, Japan | More |
May 11, 2002 16:06 20 years ago | 4.4 10 km | 16 km NW of Furukawa, Ōsaki Shi, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Apr 1, 2002 05:06 20 years ago | 4.0 115 km | 23 km E of Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 14, 2002 13:25 20 years ago | 4.1 85 km | 31 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Feb 13, 2002 09:54 20 years ago | 4.0 33 km | Tome Shi, 33 km N of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Jan 27, 2002 07:09 20 years ago | 5.3 49 km | 40 km E of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Dec 28, 2001 04:36 20 years ago | 4.4 108 km | Tome Shi, 31 km N of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Dec 15, 2001 21:39 20 years ago | 3.7 119 km | Yuzawa-shi, Akita, 47 km SW of Kitakami, Iwate, Japan | More |
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