December 6, 2004 Earthquake: Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan on December 6, 2004 at 14:15:11 UTC, 35 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
- December 6, 2004
- Time
- 14:15:11 UTC
- Place
- Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 35 km (22 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.900° N, 145.228° E
- Country
- Japan
The toll
- Injuries
- 4
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.
At least 4 people
injured and power outages occurred in the Kushiro
area. Felt at Obihiro. Also felt at Misawa and Sendai,
Honshu. Felt (IV) at Yuzhno-Kuril'sk, Kunashir and
(III) on Shikotan and at Kuril'sk, Iturup. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 25, 1843, Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
- March 4, 1952, Hokkaido, Japan
- June 17, 1973, Hokkaido Island, Japan
- October 4, 1994, Hokkaido, Kuril Islands, Japan, Russia
- January 15, 1993, Hokkadio, Kushiro, Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
- September 25, 2003, Hokkaido, Japan
- March 22, 1894, Off Coast of Honshu, Japan
- May 28, 1938, E. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- November 28, 2004, Bekkai, Kushiro, Nemouro, Hokkaido, Japan
- August 11, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- November 15, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- May 1, 1839, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- June 13, 1893, Nemuro, Japan
- December 25, 1900, Kuril Islands, Russia
- March 18, 1904, Hokkaido, Japan
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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 5833.