- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 17, 2004 CE
- Location:
- 27 km SE of Nemuro, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mwc
- Depth:
- 40.3 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.641
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
Other earthquake records of 2004 CE
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Aceh: Off West Coast · Mw 9.1 · 227,899 deaths
- Morocco, Al Hoceima, Imzourene, Beni Abdallah · Mw 6.4 · 628 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Niigata Prefecture · Mw 6.6 · 68 deaths
- Indonesia, Nabire · Mw 7 · 37 deaths
- Iran, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran · Mw 6.3 · 35 deaths
- Indonesia, Kepulauan Alor · Mw 7.5 · 34 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.5 - 27 km SE of Nemuro, Japan (2004 CE) happen?
- February 17, 2004 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.