2010 February 7, Japan

Country:

Japan

Date (local):

February 7, 2010, 15:10:01

Date (UTC):

06:10:01

Magnitude:

6.3 M_w

Max. Intensity:^[1]

VII

Population exposure:^[1]

V

400

Depth:

25 km

Epicenter coordinates:

23.466°N, 123.680°E

Epicenter location:

115 km SSW of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu islands

Flinn-Engdahl region:

246 — Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Type:

transformation fault

Countries/
regions affected:

Japan, Taiwan

Tectonic plates:

Okinawa Plate, Philippine Sea Plate

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 This information is based on an automatic estimation by the PAGER system and is sometimes not updated when the magnitude of the earthquake is updated. It might therefore be not correct.

Earthquakes in 2010, Taiwan area (M5.5 and above)

7 Feb (6.3) • 22 Feb (5.5) • 26 Feb (5.5) • 4 Mar (6.3) • 26 Apr (6.5)

Earthquakes in the FE region 246 (Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan) in 2001–2010

8 Feb 2001 (5.8) • 25 Nov 2001 (5.6) • 16 Jan 2002 (5.5) • 26 Mar 2002 (6.4) • 20 Apr 2007 (6.1) • 20 Apr 2007 (5.7) • 20 Apr 2007 (6.3) • 20 Apr 2007 (6.0) • 20 Apr 2007 (5.5) • 5 Aug 2009 (6.2) • 17 Aug 2009 (6.7) • 17 Aug 2009 (6.1) • 17 Aug 2009 (5.7) • 18 Aug 2009 (5.6) • 7 Feb 2010 (6.3)

[PAGER-1] 1.0 ^1.1 This information is based on an automatic estimation by the PAGER system and is sometimes not updated when the magnitude of the earthquake is updated. It might therefore be not correct.

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