Earthquake details

Wednesday, September 1, 1937 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, September 1, 1937 at 17:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Amami (Japan - JP), about 118.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 130.401 and latitude 27.676.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	25.0 km
Coordinates	27.676, 130.401
UTC time	1937-09-01 17:50:00.850

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1937-09-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Amami	118.5 km
Naze	118.5 km
Nago	266.8 km
Uruma	290.6 km
Gushikawa	290.9 km
Katsuren-haebaru	291.8 km
Okinawa	297.9 km
Yomitan	299.1 km
Ginowan	305.5 km
Nishihara	307.5 km
Urasoe	308.4 km
Nanjō	312.1 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

95.2 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

135.9 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

199.2 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

199.7 km

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