- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 3, 2004 CE
- Location:
- 37 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mwc
- Depth:
- 31 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.608
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 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.8
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 6.0 - 37 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan (2004 CE) happen?
- April 3, 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.
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