Earthquake details

Saturday, April 5, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, April 5, 1997 at 20:37 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 100.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.544 and latitude 28.726.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	28.726, 128.544
UTC time	1997-04-05 20:37:43.130

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-04-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	100.2 km
Amami	100.7 km
Nago	241.4 km
Uruma	270.2 km
Yomitan	270.5 km
Gushikawa	271.8 km
Katsuren-haebaru	274.5 km
Okinawa	276.0 km
Ginowan	284.9 km
Urasoe	286.1 km
Nishihara	286.4 km
Naha	292.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

Amami

Japan · 2026-07-23 09:22 UTC

186.4 km

M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

188.1 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

81.2 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

17.0 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

97.3 km

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