Seismic activity in the whole of Japan September 2000 (Magnitude 4 and greater)

There was an M5.1 event in the Chishima Archipelago. There was an M5.2 event in the active zone of the 1994 earthquake that occurred in the sea east of Hokkaido. There was an M5.3 event in the sea near Niijima-Kozushima (sea west of Toshima). There was an M5.1 event about 80 km southwest of Yonagunijima (near Taiwan). There was an M6.0 event near Taiwan.

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
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,Science and Technology Agency

Seismic activity in Japan September 2000
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