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Bonin Islands 2015 Earthquake
30 May 2015 · Bonin Islands [chichijima Island] · Japan
On 30 May 2015 at 11:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Japan (Bonin Islands [chichijima Island]), at a depth of 664 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 255 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 30 May 2015
- Time
- 11:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 664 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Injuries
- 12
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Doyō Seamount (35 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1968Bonin Islands · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth