Earthquake details

Thursday, June 27, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, June 27, 1974 at 01:49 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 127.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.200 and latitude 33.786.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	16.0 km
Coordinates	33.786, 139.200
UTC time	1974-06-27 01:49:08.100

Location	Shizuoka
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-06-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	127.8 km
Itō	131.9 km
Izu	134.0 km
Sumiyoshi	138.4 km
Izunokuni	141.3 km
Kikugawa	142.5 km
Maruobara	143.9 km
Yaizu	145.2 km
Atami	145.6 km
Tateyama	146.7 km
Fujieda	147.8 km
Shimada	148.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Fujisawa Japan · 2026-03-28 10:36 UTC	139.0 km
M 4.5 Itō Japan · 2026-03-16 11:37 UTC	115.1 km
M 4.3 Numazu Japan · 2025-07-23 12:49 UTC	157.9 km

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