- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 7, 2008 CE
- Location:
- 95 km NE of Hasaki, Japan
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 mb
- Depth:
- 38.5 km
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: mb 5.1
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 6.2
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
Other earthquake records of 2008 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 7.9 · 87,652 deaths
- Pakistan, Quetta · Mw 6.4 · 215 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Nura · Mw 6.6 · 74 deaths
- Congo, Bukavu · Mw 5.9 · 47 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 5.9 · 43 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Tokyo · Mw 6.9 · 23 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 5.1 - 95 km NE of Hasaki, Japan (2008 CE) happen?
- May 7, 2008 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.