- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 6, 2000 CE
- Location:
- Japan, Honshu: W: Okayama, Tottori
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
- Injuries:
- 130
- Intensity (MMI):
- 9
- Damage:
- ~$150M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 6.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
Other earthquake records of 2000 CE
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Bengkulu, Enggano · Mw 7.9 · 103 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Luwuk, Banggai, Peleng · Mw 7.6 · 54 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Baku · Mw 6.8 · 31 deaths
- Turkmenistan, Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi · Mw 7 · 11 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Yaoan County · Mw 5.9 · 7 deaths
- Nicaragua, Masaya · Mw 5.4 · 7 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2000 CE Earthquake — Japan, Honshu: W: Okayama, Tottori happen?
- October 6, 2000 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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