Earthquake details

Saturday, October 8, 1988 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, October 8, 1988 at 22:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 164.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.031 and latitude 33.284.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	202.1 km
Coordinates	33.284, 139.031
UTC time	1988-10-08 22:06:26.510

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1988-10-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	164.4 km
Sumiyoshi	178.4 km
Kikugawa	178.9 km
Maruobara	181.5 km
Itō	187.4 km
Shimada	187.7 km
Izu	188.0 km
Yaizu	188.2 km
Kakegawa	189.7 km
Fujieda	189.8 km
Iwata	191.6 km
Fukuroi	192.9 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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