Earthquake details

Friday, October 7, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, October 7, 1977 at 23:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 138.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.186 and latitude 28.868.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	28.868, 128.186
UTC time	1977-10-07 23:06:04.900

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-10-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	138.5 km
Amami	139.0 km
Nago	251.6 km
Yomitan	278.0 km
Uruma	279.3 km
Gushikawa	281.0 km
Katsuren-haebaru	283.9 km
Okinawa	284.4 km
Ginowan	293.0 km
Urasoe	293.9 km
Nishihara	294.3 km
Naha	299.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

Amami

Japan · 2026-07-23 09:22 UTC

224.6 km

M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

224.8 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

119.5 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

55.2 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

121.3 km

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