Past earthquakes in or near Japan: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, Japan has had 1,376 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 6.6:

7 quakes above magnitude 6
92 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
713 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
373 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
191 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

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Past earthquakes in or near Japan: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 30, 2020 09:35 am (GMT +9)	5.1 74 km		Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan 13 reports	Info
Monday, December 28, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 29, 2020 04:23 am (GMT +9)	4.9 437 km	38 km (24 mi) to the SW	Near S. Coast of Western Honshu, Japan	Info
Sunday, December 27, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 27, 2020 10:16 am (GMT +9)	4.7 534 km	98 km (61 mi) to the S	- Bonin Islands, Japan region	Info
Thursday, December 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 25, 2020 05:38 am (GMT +9)	5.1 106 km	25 km (16 mi) to the SW	- 44 km NNW of Miyanoura, Japan	Info
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 GMT (3 quakes)
Dec 23, 2020 05:40 am (GMT +9)	5.0 475 km	245 km (152 mi) to the NW	SEA OF JAPAN	Info
Dec 23, 2020 03:24 am (GMT +9)	4.8 18 km	86 km (53 mi) to the SW	Northwest of Ryukyu Islands, Japan	Info
Dec 23, 2020 02:04 am (GMT +9)	4.8 29 km	25 km (16 mi) to the NE	37 km SE of Namie, Japan	Info
Sunday, December 20, 2020 GMT (3 quakes)
Dec 21, 2020 02:23 am (GMT +9)	6.3 35 km	88 km (55 mi) to the N	North Pacific Ocean, 98 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan 10 reports	Info
Dec 20, 2020 06:35 pm (GMT +9)	5.0 41 km	49 km (30 mi) to the NE	- 76 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan 2 reports	Info
Dec 20, 2020 10:54 am (GMT +9)	4.7 10 km	216 km (134 mi) to the SE	Off East Coast of Honshu, Japan	Info
Saturday, December 19, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 19, 2020 04:04 pm (GMT +9)	4.8 20 km	60 km (37 mi) to the SW	Philippine Sea, 90 km southeast of Naze, Kagoshima, Japan	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2.5 x 10¹⁵ joules (708 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 6.1 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 38.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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