Earthquake details

Thursday, December 18, 1980 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, December 18, 1980 at 00:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Shima (Japan - JP), about 69.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 136.361 and latitude 33.847.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	383.0 km
Coordinates	33.847, 136.361
UTC time	1980-12-18 00:43:05.400

Location	Tsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1980-12-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Shima	69.5 km
Ise	77.4 km
Gojō	82.8 km
Matsusaka	83.1 km
Hashimoto	86.3 km
Sakurai	86.6 km
Kashiwara	86.6 km
Nabari	89.4 km
Kashihara-shi	90.4 km
Tanabe	92.9 km
Yamato-Takada	93.4 km
Katsuragi	93.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	87.4 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	91.3 km

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