Seismic activity in the whole of Japan April 2000 (Magnitude 4 and greater)

There was an M5.0 event in the Chishima Archipelago. Two events of M5.2 and M5.1 occurred in the aftershock region of the 1994 M7.5 Sanriku Haruka Offshore earthquake. There was an M5.7 deep-focus earthquake in Wakasa Bay. There was an M5.4 event 600 km south-southeast of Chichijima Island (in the sea near Chichijima). An M7.6 earthquake occurred in the same area on March 28.

Note: Within square brackets ([ ]) is the epicenter place name used by the Meteorological Agency in its information releases

Note:
M=magnitude
N: total number of events in the figure
depth=depth of hypocenter
The key to the symbols shows on the left the size of an earthquake and on the right the depth of the hypocenter.

Japan Meteorological Agency,Science and Technology Agency

Seismic Activity in Japan April 2000