Uploaded on April 18, 2024

Event Event time: 2024-04-17 23:14 (JST, JMA) Location: 33.2°N, 132.4°E (JMA) Depth: 50 km (JMA) Magnitude: Mj6.4 (JMA)

Information in our site

• Strong Ground Motions - 2024 Bungo Channel Earthquake on April 17, 2024 (Mj6.4) (updated on April 18, 2024) [in English]

Direct links

• M 6.3 - 17 km WSW of Uwajima, Japan

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter, which is from JMA (https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eventID=20240417231918&lang=jp). The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from GEBCO Compilation Group (2020, GEBCO 2020 Grid, doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9).

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