October 15, 2003 Earthquake: Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan

Name: October 15, 2003 Earthquake: Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan
Start: 2003-10-15
Location: Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan

October 15, 2003 · M5.2

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan on October 15, 2003 at 07:30:35 UTC, 78 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: October 15, 2003
Time: 07:30:35 UTC
Place: Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, Japan
Magnitude: 5.2 (Mw)
Focal depth: 78 km (48 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 35.457° N, 139.871° E
Country: Japan

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Minor damage at Atsugi. Felt at Chigasaki, Hayama,

Kawasaki, Omika, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka,

Yokota and Zushi. Recorded (4 JMA) in Chiba, Kanagawa,

Saitama and Tokyo; (3 JMA) in Ibaraki and Tochigi; (2

JMA) in Fukushima, Gumma, Nagano, Shizuoka and

Yamanashi; (1 JMA) in Miyagi and Niigata Prefectures.

Also recorded (1 JMA) on Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima, Nii-

jima and O-shima. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2003 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2003 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5729.