Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 2, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at 21:47 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yawatahama (Japan - JP), about 22.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 132.223 and latitude 33.357.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	45.5 km
Coordinates	33.357, 132.223
UTC time	1997-04-02 21:47:30.970

Location	Yawatahama
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-04-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yawatahama	22.5 km
Uwa	26.9 km
Ōzu	34.3 km
Uwajima	34.7 km
Usuki	46.9 km
Tsurusaki	51.0 km
Saiki	54.4 km
Ōita	59.6 km
Iyo	62.4 km
Masaki	65.9 km
Beppu	68.0 km
Yanai	68.6 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.3 Hikari Japan · 2026-03-15 20:25 UTC	30.2 km
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M 4.5 Uwajima Japan · 2025-06-03 11:17 UTC	7.6 km

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