Okinawa Region


a)On May 23, there was a moderately deep-focus M5.1 event in the East China Sea.

Note: Within square brackets ([ ]) is the epicenter place name used by the Meteorological Agency in its information releases.

Note:
M=magnitude
N: total number of events in the figure
depth=depth of hypocenter
UND=Earthquakes of less than M1.0 and earthquakes whose magnitude was not recorded.
The key to the symbols shows on the left the size of an earthquake and on the right the depth of the hypocenter.


Japan Meteorological Agency


Seismic Activity in Japan May 2000