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Sunday, April 26, 1987 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, April 26, 1987 at 20:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 326.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.512 and latitude 31.876.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	154.4 km
Coordinates	31.876, 139.512
UTC time	1987-04-26 20:02:08.010

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1987-04-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	326.1 km
Kikugawa	340.3 km
Sumiyoshi	340.8 km
Maruobara	343.2 km
Itō	346.3 km
Tateyama	347.5 km
Izu	348.6 km
Shimada	349.9 km
Iwata	350.3 km
Kakegawa	350.5 km
Yaizu	351.1 km
Fujieda	352.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Fujieda Japan · 2026-05-08 03:36 UTC	369.6 km
M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	333.7 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	297.5 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	388.3 km

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