Hitachi City earthquake and Shindo history in 2020
日立市
This annual view includes only earthquakes from 2020 for which stations associated with Hitachi City recorded Shindo.
Data period: 1 January–31 December 2020In 2020, stations associated with Hitachi City reported local Shindo for 34 earthquakes. The highest local level recorded that year was Shindo 4.
Observation history · 2020
This history counts earthquakes observed at stations in the place, not earthquakes whose epicentre lies inside its boundary. Counts can change as stations are updated and older or corrected observations are added.
Observed events by year
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Shindo observed in this place
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Observation history · 2020
34 observed earthquakes
- 震度2Dec 25, 2020, 04:40 JSTOff the Coast of Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.950 km
- 震度2Dec 18, 2020, 08:03 JSTOff the Coast of Fukushima PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M4.090 km
- 震度2Dec 17, 2020, 16:42 JSTSouthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 4M4.650 km
- 震度2Dec 7, 2020, 22:42 JSTOff the Coast of Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.740 km
- 震度2Dec 6, 2020, 02:22 JSTNorthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.710 km
- 震度2Oct 16, 2020, 17:34 JSTNorthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.810 km
- 震度2Oct 4, 2020, 08:40 JSTOff the Coast of Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.310 km
- 震度2Sep 19, 2020, 15:20 JSTNorthern Ibaraki PrefectureShindo in this place: 2 · Event maximum Shindo: 2M3.210 km
Ground & J-SHIS
The context below uses the place's full available history and reference models; it is not part of the 2020 statistics.
Where the shaking usually comes from
Source regions of earthquakes observed here, ordered by the number of reports.
Earthquake scenarios affecting this place
Official J-SHIS models ranked for their potential impact on this municipality.
#1 means the model ranks highest in the J-SHIS result for this place under the same settings. It is not a ranking of which earthquake will happen next.
Magnitude on a card describes the size of the whole earthquake model, not the Shindo expected here. Local shaking also depends on distance, depth and ground conditions.
Modelled magnitude: M6.9
Read about this model #2Subduction-zone earthquakeSagami Trough earthquakes (M8 class)相模トラフ沿いのM8クラスの地震Modelled magnitude: M7.9–8.6
Read about this model #3Other active faultTanagura fracture zone seien fault棚倉破砕帯西縁断層Modelled magnitude: M7.0
Read about this model #4Subduction-zone earthquakeMega earthquakes along the Japan Trench (Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 type)日本海溝沿いの超巨大地震（東北地方太平洋沖型）Modelled magnitude: M8.6–9.0
Read about this modelJ-SHIS 2020 model, 30-year period and Shindo 6-lower threshold. This is not a prediction of a particular earthquake. Source: J-SHIS (NIED); processed for presentation by JISHINDESU.
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