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Historic Earthquake
2000 Japan Earthquake
28 March 2000 · Volcano Islands · Japan
On 28 March 2000 at 11:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan (Volcano Islands), at a depth of 127 km. It occurred on the Mariana Plate, 75 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (mid-ocean ridge).
- Date
- 28 March 2000
- Time
- 11:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 127 km
- Plate
- Mariana Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Fukujin (53 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2007Volcano Islands · M 7.5
- 1914Volcano Islands · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth