Earthquake details

Sunday, May 27, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, May 27, 1984 at 03:39 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 101.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.547 and latitude 28.756.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	13.3 km
Coordinates	28.756, 128.547
UTC time	1984-05-27 03:39:30.520

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-05-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	101.3 km
Amami	101.7 km
Nago	244.7 km
Uruma	273.5 km
Yomitan	273.8 km
Gushikawa	275.1 km
Katsuren-haebaru	277.8 km
Okinawa	279.3 km
Ginowan	288.2 km
Urasoe	289.4 km
Nishihara	289.6 km
Naha	295.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

188.2 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

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M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

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M 5.3

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Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

95.1 km

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