Earthquake details

Wednesday, November 22, 1933 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, November 22, 1933 at 18:59 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 97.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.608 and latitude 28.782.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	28.782, 128.608
UTC time	1933-11-22 18:59:20.750

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1933-11-22

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	97.3 km
Amami	97.6 km
Nago	248.9 km
Uruma	277.8 km
Yomitan	278.3 km
Gushikawa	279.4 km
Katsuren-haebaru	282.1 km
Okinawa	283.7 km
Ginowan	292.6 km
Urasoe	293.9 km
Nishihara	294.1 km
Naha	300.3 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

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M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

78.7 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

88.6 km

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