Earthquake details

Saturday, June 12, 1971 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, June 12, 1971 at 01:13 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 145.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.029 and latitude 28.634.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	131.0 km
Coordinates	28.634, 128.029
UTC time	1971-06-12 01:13:29.600

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1971-06-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	145.4 km
Amami	146.1 km
Nago	224.8 km
Yomitan	250.1 km
Uruma	251.9 km
Gushikawa	253.7 km
Katsuren-haebaru	256.6 km
Okinawa	256.8 km
Ginowan	265.3 km
Urasoe	266.0 km
Nishihara	266.5 km
Naha	271.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

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227.5 km

M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

237.5 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

126.1 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

64.8 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

145.7 km

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