Earthquake details

Wednesday, September 4, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, September 4, 1996 at 18:16 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Omaezaki (Japan - JP), about 374.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 139.931 and latitude 31.555.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	31.555, 139.931
UTC time	1996-09-04 18:16:01.960

Location	Fujieda
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-09-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Omaezaki	374.5 km
Tateyama	381.7 km
Minamibōsō	387.0 km
Itō	387.9 km
Sumiyoshi	388.6 km
Kikugawa	389.0 km
Izu	391.2 km
Maruobara	391.7 km
Kamogawa	394.6 km
Shimada	397.9 km
Yaizu	398.2 km
Izunokuni	398.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5 Itō Japan · 2026-03-16 11:37 UTC	370.3 km
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M 4.3 Numazu Japan · 2025-07-23 12:49 UTC	413.6 km

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