A moderate earthquake occurred at 20:56:53 (UTC) on Wednesday, September 24, 2003. The magnitude 5.4 event has been located in WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 359 km (223 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
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The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page. This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size, at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated with web pages linked from here are those determined at various times following the earthquake with different types of seismic data. Although, given the data used, they are legitimate estimates of magnitude, they are not considered the official magnitude.
For Pete's sake, Western Honshu is on the other side of the archipelago from Hokkaido.
That is from two days ago. It is now Friday a.m. in Japan.