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Historic Earthquake
2007 Japan Earthquake
28 September 2007 · Volcano Islands · Japan
On 28 September 2007 at 13:38 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Volcano Islands), at a depth of 260 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 51 km from its boundary with the Mariana Plate (mid-ocean ridge).
- Date
- 28 September 2007
- Time
- 13:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 260 km
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Fukujin (83 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2000Volcano Islands · M 7.6
- 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