Earthquake details

Friday, July 8, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, July 8, 1977 at 22:13 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 172.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 127.787 and latitude 28.801.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	28.801, 127.787
UTC time	1977-07-08 22:13:15.100

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-07-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	172.7 km
Amami	173.4 km
Nago	244.1 km
Yomitan	267.1 km
Uruma	270.0 km
Gushikawa	271.9 km
Okinawa	274.4 km
Katsuren-haebaru	274.9 km
Ginowan	282.6 km
Urasoe	283.0 km
Nishihara	283.6 km
Naha	288.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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M 4.6

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M 4.3

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M 5.3

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