Earthquake details

Saturday, September 18, 1993 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, September 18, 1993 at 02:18 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kashima-shi (Japan - JP), about 25.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.863 and latitude 36.116.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	43.3 km
Coordinates	36.116, 140.863
UTC time	1993-09-18 02:18:35.670

Location	Mito
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1993-09-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kashima-shi	25.8 km
Kamisu	30.1 km
Hokota	31.4 km
Namegata	35.2 km
Katori-shi	40.8 km
Sawara	41.7 km
Katsuta	42.0 km
Hasaki	42.7 km
Hitachi-Naka	42.9 km
Okunoya	44.2 km
Mito	45.3 km
Omitama	46.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Kashiwa Japan · 2026-04-01 01:06 UTC	88.7 km
M 4.1 Ōta Japan · 2026-02-15 02:52 UTC	121.3 km
M 4.3 Ōta Japan · 2026-02-09 12:27 UTC	126.9 km
M 4.2 Saitama Japan · 2026-02-06 15:58 UTC	109.4 km
M 4.5 Sakura Japan · 2026-02-05 00:19 UTC	73.3 km
M 4.1 Hasaki Japan · 2026-02-03 18:36 UTC	41.3 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-03 09:03 UTC	65.2 km
M 4.3 Mito Japan · 2026-01-30 18:47 UTC	30.0 km

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