Earthquake details

Monday, January 9, 1989 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Monday, January 9, 1989 at 03:15 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 86.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 138.893 and latitude 34.055.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	34.055, 138.893
UTC time	1989-01-09 03:15:17.300

Location	Omaezaki
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1989-01-09

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	86.6 km
Sumiyoshi	97.3 km
Kikugawa	101.2 km
Izu	102.2 km
Maruobara	102.7 km
Itō	103.0 km
Yaizu	104.8 km
Shimada	106.9 km
Fujieda	107.1 km
Izunokuni	109.7 km
Kakegawa	112.9 km
Shizuoka	113.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Fujieda Japan · 2026-05-08 03:36 UTC	126.9 km
M 4.5 Itō Japan · 2026-03-16 11:37 UTC	88.4 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	103.6 km

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