Earthquake details

Friday, March 3, 1933 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, March 3, 1933 at 09:12 UTC with a magnitude of 6.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Miyako (Japan - JP), about 151.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 143.638 and latitude 39.275.

Magnitude	6.4
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	39.275, 143.638
UTC time	1933-03-03 09:12:54.160

Location	Kesennuma
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1933-03-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Miyako	151.6 km
Kamaishi	152.5 km
Ōfunato	167.3 km
Kesennuma	182.8 km
Kuji	189.5 km
Ōshū	213.5 km
Hizume	214.7 km
Mizusawa	216.6 km
Kitakami	217.3 km
Hanamaki	217.4 km
Morioka	218.9 km
Ichinoseki	220.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-04-12 13:00 UTC	194.4 km
M 5.0 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-04-04 10:36 UTC	187.9 km
M 4.3 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-04-04 03:16 UTC	190.6 km
M 5.0 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-04-02 00:52 UTC	215.2 km
M 4.4 Sendai Japan · 2026-03-30 19:05 UTC	181.6 km
M 4.3 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-03-30 01:05 UTC	186.5 km
M 4.4 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-03-06 20:35 UTC	125.5 km
M 4.8 Ishinomaki Japan · 2026-03-06 20:31 UTC	124.2 km

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