Earthquake details

Tuesday, August 28, 1945 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, August 28, 1945 at 19:21 UTC with a magnitude of 6.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 88.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 138.071 and latitude 33.815.

Magnitude	6.5
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	33.815, 138.071
UTC time	1945-08-28 19:21:15.250

Location	Kikugawa
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1945-08-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	88.3 km
Kikugawa	98.9 km
Iwata	100.6 km
Maruobara	103.1 km
Hamamatsu	103.3 km
Fukuroi	105.0 km
Sumiyoshi	105.4 km
Kakegawa	106.1 km
Kosai	110.7 km
Shimada	112.0 km
Hamakita	112.8 km
Fujieda	118.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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