Magnitude 6.1 – Hokkaido, Japan

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According to USGS magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck today at at 08:02:37 UTC 17 km (10 miles) NE of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 121 km (75 miles) NNW of Obihiro, 131 km (81 miles) NE of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and 941 km (584 miles) NNE of Tokyo (43.889°N, 142.477°E) at depth of 185 km (115.0 miles).

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) registered 6.2 magnitude with depth of 190km.

Stronger earthquake within the one week (JMA)

Issued at Occurred at Region Name Magnitude
17:05 JST 21 Oct 2011 17:03 JST 21 Oct 2011 Kamikawa-chiho Chubu M6.2
06:24 JST 20 Oct 2011 06:21 JST 20 Oct 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori M4.4
06:16 JST 20 Oct 2011 06:13 JST 20 Oct 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori M4.1
16:07 JST 19 Oct 2011 16:05 JST 19 Oct 2011 Fukushima-ken Hamadori M4.1
18:08 JST 18 Oct 2011 18:06 JST 18 Oct 2011 Miyagi-ken Oki M4.0
11:58 JST 15 Oct 2011 11:55 JST 15 Oct 2011 Ibaraki-ken Hokubu M4.2
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