A great earthquake occurred at 19:50:08 (UTC) on Thursday, September 25, 2003. The magnitude 8.0 event has been located in the HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
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It's the shallow ones that are most dangerous.
Strong Earthquake Hits Hokkaido in Northern Japan
Thursday, September 25, 2003
TOKYO A strong earthquake (search) struck Japan's northern Hokkaido area (search) early Friday, news reports said.
The quake hit southern Hokkaido at about 4:50 a.m. and was felt in central Hidaka and eastern Tokatsu, the Japan Meteorological Agency (search) said, according to the Kyodo news agency.
Under the Japanese seismic classification, the earthquake was strong enough to damage homes and trigger landslides, the agency said.