M5.1 earthquake near Ōmachi, Nagano
3079 d ago · 12 May 2018, 01:29 UTC 7 km SSE of Hakuba, Japan
What happened
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Hakuba, Japan on 12 May 2018, 01:29 UTC at a depth of 10 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.
The nearest town in our records is Ōmachi, about 16 km away in Nagano, Japan.
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