Kinki-Chugoku-Shikoku Region

There was no marked activity.

Additionally, although it occurred outside of the period under discussion, on October 6th at 1:30 p.m.. there was an M7.3 event [the 2000 Western Tottori Earthquake] (maximum seismic intensity 6 upper) in western Tottori Prefecture. Also, on October 8th at 8:51 p.m., there was an M5.0 aftershock (maximum seismic intensity 5 lower) on the same area.

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
UND=Earthquakes of less than M1.0 and earthquakes whose magnitude was not recorded.
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 September 2000
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