Earthquake details

Saturday, December 10, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 15:19 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 291.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 138.858 and latitude 32.039.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	32.039, 138.858
UTC time	1977-12-10 15:19:28.800

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-12-10

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	291.1 km
Kikugawa	304.4 km
Sumiyoshi	307.0 km
Maruobara	307.8 km
Iwata	310.7 km
Kakegawa	313.5 km
Hamamatsu	314.1 km
Fukuroi	314.2 km
Shimada	315.5 km
Shima	317.5 km
Yaizu	319.0 km
Fujieda	319.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	282.9 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	252.4 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	337.3 km

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