Earthquake details

Sunday, August 26, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, August 26, 1928 at 18:11 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Hitachi (Japan - JP), about 86.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 141.532 and latitude 36.279.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	36.279, 141.532
UTC time	1928-08-26 18:11:29.230

Location	Mito
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1928-08-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Hitachi	86.7 km
Kashima-shi	87.1 km
Hasaki	87.5 km
Kamisu	88.7 km
Funaishikawa	89.0 km
Kitaibaraki	90.0 km
Katsuta	90.3 km
Hitachi-Naka	90.4 km
Hokota	92.3 km
Inada	92.6 km
Hitachi-ota	94.9 km
Mito	97.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Kashiwa Japan · 2026-04-01 01:06 UTC	150.6 km
M 4.1 Ōta Japan · 2026-02-15 02:52 UTC	179.9 km
M 4.3 Ōta Japan · 2026-02-09 12:27 UTC	186.8 km
M 4.2 Saitama Japan · 2026-02-06 15:58 UTC	171.6 km
M 4.5 Sakura Japan · 2026-02-05 00:19 UTC	128.2 km
M 4.1 Hasaki Japan · 2026-02-03 18:36 UTC	69.8 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-03 09:03 UTC	62.7 km
M 4.3 Mito Japan · 2026-01-30 18:47 UTC	75.9 km

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