Earthquake details

Thursday, February 14, 1929 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, February 14, 1929 at 14:39 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 94.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.555 and latitude 28.605.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	28.605, 128.555
UTC time	1929-02-14 14:39:16.670

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1929-02-14

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	94.6 km
Amami	95.3 km
Nago	228.5 km
Uruma	257.5 km
Yomitan	258.0 km
Gushikawa	259.0 km
Katsuren-haebaru	261.7 km
Okinawa	263.3 km
Ginowan	272.3 km
Urasoe	273.6 km
Nishihara	273.8 km
Naha	280.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

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M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

186.1 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

75.4 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

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M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

104.7 km

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