Earthquake details

Monday, October 7, 1985 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Monday, October 7, 1985 at 03:05 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tendō (Japan - JP), about 5.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.331 and latitude 38.392.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	119.5 km
Coordinates	38.392, 140.331
UTC time	1985-10-07 03:05:22.110

Location	Yamagata
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1985-10-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tendō	5.4 km
Sagae	5.5 km
Higashine	8.0 km
Yamagata	17.9 km
Kaminoyama	27.0 km
Shinjō	40.9 km
Nagai	41.2 km
Nanyō	43.3 km
Murata	45.9 km
Tomiya	48.4 km
Sendai	48.8 km
Shiroishi	50.0 km

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