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Major magnitude 8.2 earthquake - 135 km south of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 19:50 GMT

Major magnitude 8.2 earthquake - 135 km south of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 19:50 GMT Major magnitude 8.2 earthquake - 135 km south of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 19:50 GMT

Major magnitude 8.2 earthquake at 27 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & timeSep 25, 2003 19:50:06 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude8.2
Depth27.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude41.815°N / 143.91°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Antipode41.815°S / 36.09°W
Shaking intensitySevere shaking near epicenter
Felt0 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoAkan (175 km / 109 mi)
Nearby towns and cities135 km (84 mi) SSW of Kushiro (pop: 183,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
136 km (84 mi) SSE of Obihiro (pop: 173,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
140 km (87 mi) ESE of Shizunai-furukawachō (pop: 22,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
143 km (89 mi) SSE of Otofuke (pop: 40,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
211 km (131 mi) ESE of Tomakomai (pop: 174,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
217 km (135 mi) ESE of Chitose (pop: 92,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
221 km (137 mi) S of Kitami (pop: 113,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
252 km (157 mi) ESE of Sapporo (pop: 1,883,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
288 km (179 mi) ENE of Aomori (pop: 298,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
773 km (480 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released1.3 x 1017 joules (34970 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3 x 107 tons of TNT or 1880.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
8.227 kmHokkaido, Japan regionUSGS
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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 8789 km / 5461 mi | Show on map | Station Info
Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)
Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool
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User reports for this quake

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake.

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, 200 largest out of 1786 total

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Sep 25, 2003 21:08
20 years ago
7.4

33 km
131 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Aug 16, 2005 02:46
18 years ago
7.2

36 km
42 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, JapanMore
Oct 31, 2003 01:06
19 years ago
7.0

10 km
134 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Nov 28, 2004 18:32
18 years ago
7.0

39 km
61 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 14, 2005 21:38
17 years ago
7.0

11 km
293 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, JapanMore
Dec 6, 2004 14:15
18 years ago
6.8

35 km
70 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 8, 2003 09:06
19 years ago
6.7

32 km
40 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 08:56
18 years ago
6.6

16 km
8.4 km S of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 02:36
20 years ago
6.5

25 km
58 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Dec 2, 2005 13:13
17 years ago
6.5

29 km
81 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 09:34
18 years ago
6.3

10 km
2.1 km N of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Jan 18, 2005 14:09
18 years ago
6.3

42 km
40 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 19, 2005 11:44
17 years ago
6.3

32 km
27 km E of Hitachi-Naka, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Nov 7, 2004 02:02
18 years ago
6.2

474 km
63 km S of Robben Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Dec 29, 2003 01:30
19 years ago
6.1

33 km
64 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Apr 11, 2004 18:06
19 years ago
6.1

42 km
38 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 13, 2004 03:00
19 years ago
6.1

8 km
RussiaMore
Oct 23, 2004 09:03
18 years ago
6.1

10.5 km
2.5 km NE of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 11, 2004 10:02
18 years ago
6.1

33 km
93 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Aug 24, 2005 10:15
18 years ago
6.1

10 km
148 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Aug 30, 2005 18:10
18 years ago
6.1

21 km
144 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, JapanMore
Sep 21, 2005 02:25
18 years ago
6.1

103 km
27 km SE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Sep 26, 2003 20:38
20 years ago
6.0

33 km
111 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Apr 3, 2004 23:02
19 years ago
6.0

31 km
37 km SE of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Oct 27, 2004 01:40
18 years ago
6.0

14 km
19 km S of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Dec 16, 2005 18:32
17 years ago
6.0

43 km
28 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, JapanMore
Jun 22, 2006 10:53
17 years ago
6.0

95 km
RussiaMore
Sep 26, 2003 06:26
20 years ago
5.9

33 km
94 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 8, 2003 13:32
19 years ago
5.9

33 km
88 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 28, 2003 21:48
19 years ago
5.9

65 km
83 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Nov 1, 2003 13:10
19 years ago
5.9

10 km
173 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Dec 3, 2003 14:11
19 years ago
5.9

33 km
74 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 4, 2004 14:03
18 years ago
5.9

62 km
21 km S of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Nov 28, 2004 18:36
18 years ago
5.9

40 km
58 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Apr 10, 2005 22:22
18 years ago
5.9

43 km
1.5 km W of Naruto, Sanmu-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Sep 16, 2006 02:22
17 years ago
5.9

367 km
JapanMore
Oct 8, 2003 23:15
19 years ago
5.8

33 km
89 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 11, 2003 00:08
19 years ago
5.8

33 km
117 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Mar 26, 2004 15:20
19 years ago
5.8

22 km
124 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
May 29, 2004 03:47
19 years ago
5.8

29 km
90 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Jun 10, 2004 18:12
19 years ago
5.8

50 km
Hiroo-gun, 61 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 6, 2004 14:40
18 years ago
5.8

64 km
4.6 km E of Noda, Chiba, JapanMore
Oct 16, 2004 18:54
18 years ago
5.8

47 km
71 km SE of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 09:11
18 years ago
5.8

18 km
15 km S of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, JapanMore
Dec 14, 2004 05:56
18 years ago
5.8

10 km
Tomamae Gun, 24 km NE of Rumoi, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 20:57
20 years ago
5.7

33 km
137 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 11, 2003 01:11
19 years ago
5.7

51 km
RussiaMore
Nov 14, 2003 18:43
19 years ago
5.7

41 km
44 km SE of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Aug 10, 2004 06:13
19 years ago
5.7

70 km
2 km SE of Miyako, Iwate, JapanMore
Sep 1, 2004 02:49
19 years ago
5.7

35 km
65 km E of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 08:59
18 years ago
5.7

10 km
Nagaoka Shi, 6.8 km SE of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 10:36
18 years ago
5.7

10 km
18 km SE of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 10:45
18 years ago
5.7

10 km
12 km SE of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 24, 2004 21:04
18 years ago
5.7

11 km
Nagaoka Shi, 15 km SE of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 26, 2004 22:42
18 years ago
5.7

58 km
Urukawa-gun, 65 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Dec 29, 2004 13:58
18 years ago
5.7

45 km
37 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, JapanMore
Feb 26, 2005 12:37
18 years ago
5.7

68 km
78 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Jun 19, 2005 16:15
18 years ago
5.7

48 km
5.8 km E of Naruto, Sanmu-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Jan 18, 2006 14:25
17 years ago
5.7

26 km
102 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Feb 3, 2006 04:37
17 years ago
5.7

28 km
75 km E of Kashima-shi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 20:10
20 years ago
5.6

33 km
127 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 26, 2003 02:35
20 years ago
5.6

33 km
109 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 27, 2003 23:36
20 years ago
5.6

33 km
RussiaMore
Sep 28, 2003 04:17
20 years ago
5.6

33 km
48 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 21:22
19 years ago
5.6

33 km
176 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 9, 2003 06:52
19 years ago
5.6

33 km
163 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 11, 2003 18:26
19 years ago
5.6

33 km
136 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Dec 22, 2003 08:47
19 years ago
5.6

38 km
80 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
May 20, 2004 14:43
19 years ago
5.6

313 km
JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 09:57
18 years ago
5.6

10 km
6.9 km N of Tōkamachi, Niigata, JapanMore
Dec 21, 2004 15:34
18 years ago
5.6

37 km
43 km S of Nemuro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Aug 17, 2006 15:20
17 years ago
5.6

14 km
5.3 km E of Gornozavodsk, Nevel'skii, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Sep 25, 2003 20:02
20 years ago
5.5

33 km
79 km SE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 21:02
20 years ago
5.5

33 km
130 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 14:22
19 years ago
5.5

33 km
103 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 6, 2003 19:26
19 years ago
5.5

33 km
86 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 2, 2003 13:35
19 years ago
5.5

33 km
RussiaMore
Feb 17, 2004 07:46
19 years ago
5.5

40 km
Moyururi Tō, 28 km SE of Nemuro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
May 6, 2004 13:43
19 years ago
5.5

29 km
73 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 8, 2004 02:15
18 years ago
5.5

10 km
6.1 km S of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 14, 2004 18:44
18 years ago
5.5

25 km
143 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Feb 15, 2005 19:46
18 years ago
5.5

46 km
Saitama-shi, 5.7 km W of Kasukabe, Saitama, JapanMore
Mar 11, 2005 18:47
18 years ago
5.5

54 km
Akkeshi-gun, 27 km NE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Aug 7, 2005 15:06
18 years ago
5.5

39 km
71 km SE of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Oct 22, 2005 13:12
17 years ago
5.5

53 km
12 km N of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
Apr 7, 2006 15:00
17 years ago
5.5

65 km
RussiaMore
Jun 16, 2006 17:10
17 years ago
5.5

30 km
188 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Jun 16, 2006 20:19
17 years ago
5.5

29 km
180 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 22:20
20 years ago
5.4

33 km
111 km SE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 28, 2003 03:59
20 years ago
5.4

33 km
RussiaMore
Sep 28, 2003 16:50
20 years ago
5.4

30 km
138 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 07:49
20 years ago
5.4

33 km
74 km SW of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 1, 2003 16:23
19 years ago
5.4

33 km
107 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 2, 2003 02:14
19 years ago
5.4

45 km
RussiaMore
Nov 3, 2003 07:11
19 years ago
5.4

10 km
134 km E of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
Dec 30, 2003 07:35
19 years ago
5.4

48 km
85 km S of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Mar 11, 2004 02:35
19 years ago
5.4

49 km
33 km E of Hitachi-Naka, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
May 6, 2004 13:40
19 years ago
5.4

28 km
75 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jul 21, 2004 00:11
19 years ago
5.4

30 km
143 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Jul 21, 2004 00:38
19 years ago
5.4

32 km
136 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Oct 16, 2004 17:19
18 years ago
5.4

34 km
76 km E of Hitachi-Naka, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 09:07
18 years ago
5.4

10 km
3 km SW of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Jan 6, 2005 13:00
18 years ago
5.4

66 km
73 km E of Mutsu, Aomori, JapanMore
Jan 31, 2005 09:39
18 years ago
5.4

22 km
126 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Mar 16, 2005 13:23
18 years ago
5.4

39 km
40 km S of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Dec 12, 2005 21:01
17 years ago
5.4

26 km
99 km W of Iwanai, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 20:05
20 years ago
5.3

33 km
132 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 26, 2003 03:51
20 years ago
5.3

33 km
104 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 27, 2003 08:06
20 years ago
5.3

52 km
28 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 27, 2003 22:23
20 years ago
5.3

33 km
Urukawa-gun, 81 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 22:09
19 years ago
5.3

33 km
177 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 1, 2003 23:04
19 years ago
5.3

33 km
173 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 11, 2003 00:36
19 years ago
5.3

33 km
125 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 14, 2003 12:39
19 years ago
5.3

33 km
152 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 2, 2003 02:58
19 years ago
5.3

10 km
172 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Nov 24, 2003 12:18
19 years ago
5.3

33 km
Urukawa-gun, 66 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jan 23, 2004 09:01
19 years ago
5.3

64 km
Futaba-gun, 26 km N of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
Jan 30, 2004 17:51
19 years ago
5.3

31 km
RussiaMore
Apr 17, 2004 13:02
19 years ago
5.3

409 km
220 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Nov 3, 2004 23:57
18 years ago
5.3

10 km
8.8 km W of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 18, 2004 06:09
18 years ago
5.3

258 km
RussiaMore
May 19, 2005 01:14
18 years ago
5.3

48 km
34 km S of Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Jul 2, 2005 00:31
18 years ago
5.3

42 km
103 km E of Miyako, Iwate, JapanMore
Oct 17, 2005 16:13
17 years ago
5.3

35 km
95 km NW of Noshiro, Akita, JapanMore
Jan 31, 2006 19:23
17 years ago
5.3

42 km
91 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Feb 3, 2006 06:10
17 years ago
5.3

37 km
82 km E of Kashima-shi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Mar 14, 2006 14:04
17 years ago
5.3

414 km
RussiaMore
Apr 13, 2006 04:27
17 years ago
5.3

37 km
61 km SE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jun 16, 2006 18:29
17 years ago
5.3

365 km
142 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Jul 5, 2006 17:08
17 years ago
5.3

46 km
67 km NE of Miyako, Iwate, JapanMore
Sep 13, 2006 13:25
17 years ago
5.3

341 km
275 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Sep 26, 2003 03:29
20 years ago
5.2

33 km
148 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 26, 2003 04:44
20 years ago
5.2

346 km
28 km SW of Ostrov Mosiri Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Sep 28, 2003 00:23
20 years ago
5.2

33 km
Hiroo-gun, 75 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 3, 2003 04:45
19 years ago
5.2

33 km
118 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 7, 2003 17:40
19 years ago
5.2

33 km
62 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 31, 2003 14:15
19 years ago
5.2

153 km
13 km S of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, JapanMore
Nov 22, 2003 22:00
19 years ago
5.2

39 km
56 km E of Mobara, Chiba, JapanMore
Dec 12, 2003 01:46
19 years ago
5.2

33 km
Kasai-gun, 51 km SW of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jan 27, 2004 17:02
19 years ago
5.2

16 km
RussiaMore
Feb 4, 2004 06:08
19 years ago
5.2

62 km
Kuji-shi, Iwate, 42 km SE of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Mar 2, 2004 19:38
19 years ago
5.2

37 km
Russia, 73 km SE of Nemuro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
May 31, 2004 02:56
19 years ago
5.2

172 km
RussiaMore
Jun 11, 2004 16:33
19 years ago
5.2

32 km
RussiaMore
Oct 7, 2004 19:26
18 years ago
5.2

48 km
Hiroo-gun, 58 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 12:44
18 years ago
5.2

10.8 km
Uonuma Shi, 24 km S of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 23, 2004 14:34
18 years ago
5.2

15 km
Nagaoka Shi, 6.2 km W of Ojiya, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 24, 2004 15:28
18 years ago
5.2

13 km
10 km NW of Tōkamachi, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 2, 2004 13:04
18 years ago
5.2

23 km
92 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, JapanMore
Nov 14, 2004 17:37
18 years ago
5.2

17 km
145 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Dec 19, 2004 05:22
18 years ago
5.2

37 km
71 km E of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Aug 30, 2005 18:13
18 years ago
5.2

23 km
144 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, JapanMore
Sep 3, 2005 07:07
18 years ago
5.2

46 km
RussiaMore
Dec 4, 2005 22:20
17 years ago
5.2

35 km
116 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Feb 21, 2006 04:44
17 years ago
5.2

32 km
139 km E of Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Jun 30, 2006 23:28
17 years ago
5.2

40 km
49 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, JapanMore
Sep 28, 2003 21:29
20 years ago
5.1

34 km
101 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 30, 2003 03:22
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
81 km N of Jōetsu, Niigata, JapanMore
Oct 1, 2003 01:30
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
118 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 4, 2003 03:10
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
98 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 5, 2003 02:46
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
RussiaMore
Oct 7, 2003 08:00
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
93 km SE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 10, 2003 12:58
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
106 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 17, 2003 22:50
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
155 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 19, 2003 23:27
19 years ago
5.1

84 km
59 km E of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 1, 2003 23:44
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
90 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Nov 16, 2003 07:44
19 years ago
5.1

10 km
148 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Nov 23, 2003 08:56
19 years ago
5.1

10 km
188 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Dec 8, 2003 07:20
19 years ago
5.1

66 km
83 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Dec 26, 2003 21:35
19 years ago
5.1

33 km
71 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jan 15, 2004 00:10
19 years ago
5.1

101 km
Kunajiri Island, 5.2 km NE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Feb 10, 2004 22:08
19 years ago
5.1

46 km
91 km SE of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Mar 18, 2004 07:04
19 years ago
5.1

38 km
76 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
May 4, 2004 03:28
19 years ago
5.1

152 km
RussiaMore
Jul 2, 2004 18:59
19 years ago
5.1

45 km
141 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
Jul 19, 2004 20:58
19 years ago
5.1

108 km
Kasai-gun, 46 km SW of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Aug 17, 2004 03:01
19 years ago
5.1

36 km
160 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 15, 2004 20:00
19 years ago
5.1

43 km
RussiaMore
Nov 5, 2004 17:53
18 years ago
5.1

10 km
13 km S of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 9, 2004 18:43
18 years ago
5.1

10.3 km
9.4 km S of Nagaoka, Niigata, JapanMore
Nov 22, 2004 14:57
18 years ago
5.1

27 km
134 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Dec 31, 2004 20:13
18 years ago
5.1

90 km
22 km S of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
Apr 3, 2005 17:57
18 years ago
5.1

38 km
77 km NE of Iwaki, Fukushima, JapanMore
May 27, 2005 08:07
18 years ago
5.1

110 km
Kitamurayama-gun, 4.6 km SW of Obanazawa, Yamagata, JapanMore
Jul 5, 2005 20:10
18 years ago
5.1

26 km
100 km E of Miyako, Iwate, JapanMore
Aug 25, 2005 22:29
18 years ago
5.1

38 km
173 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, JapanMore
Oct 17, 2005 16:15
17 years ago
5.1

45 km
105 km NW of Noshiro, Akita, JapanMore
Feb 3, 2006 04:39
17 years ago
5.1

32 km
73 km E of Hitachi, Ibaraki, JapanMore
Mar 13, 2006 04:06
17 years ago
5.1

59 km
91 km NE of Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Apr 10, 2006 11:25
17 years ago
5.1

120 km
31 km W of Shibetsu, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Jun 24, 2006 23:43
17 years ago
5.1

41 km
267 km E of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMore
Aug 20, 2006 01:58
17 years ago
5.1

36 km
137 km E of Miyako, Iwate, JapanMore
Aug 31, 2006 09:41
17 years ago
5.1

44 km
RussiaMore
Sep 6, 2006 18:06
17 years ago
5.1

50 km
28 km S of Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, JapanMore
Sep 25, 2003 22:24
20 years ago
5.0

33 km
74 km SE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 27, 2003 16:07
20 years ago
5.0

33 km
82 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 27, 2003 23:04
20 years ago
5.0

33 km
96 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Sep 29, 2003 04:47
20 years ago
5.0

33 km
RussiaMore
Sep 29, 2003 23:24
19 years ago
5.0

33 km
117 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanMore
Oct 31, 2003 19:32
19 years ago
5.0

33 km
134 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanMore
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