Japan, Hakodate: 1968-2016

The Hakodate cluster is named for the city of Hakodate at the south end the island of Hokkaido, Japan. The cluster extends southward to the northern tip of Honshu. Over half the events in the cluster are associated with an earthquake swarm in late March 2000 on the southern flank of Mt. Usu, an active volcano in southern Hokkaido. The distribution of stations is quite good and location calibration is straight-forward. Number of events: 39 Calibration type: direct calibration using data to 1.0 degrees; hypocentroid calibration level = 1.1 km Epicentral calibration range: 1 - 2 km Date range: 19680208 - 20160620 [...]