Earthquake details

Thursday, January 20, 1966 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, January 20, 1966 at 01:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sado (Japan - JP), about 24.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 138.151 and latitude 37.883.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	37.883, 138.151
UTC time	1966-01-20 01:44:47.770

Location	Sado
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1966-01-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sado	24.2 km
Maki	66.1 km
Kashiwazaki	67.4 km
Tsubame	72.3 km
Sanjō	76.3 km
Shirone	77.7 km
Nagaoka	78.2 km
Niigata	78.3 km
Mitsuke	79.1 km
Jōetsu	82.1 km
Kameda-honchō	84.3 km
Niitsu	85.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Toyama Japan · 2026-04-12 23:54 UTC	62.0 km
M 4.8 Niigata Japan · 2026-02-13 04:58 UTC	65.1 km
M 4.3 Nagaoka Japan · 2025-09-15 19:00 UTC	64.9 km

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