Earthquake details

Saturday, April 5, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, April 5, 1997 at 20:51 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 96.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.602 and latitude 28.757.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	28.757, 128.602
UTC time	1997-04-05 20:51:57.220

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-04-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	96.5 km
Amami	96.9 km
Nago	246.1 km
Uruma	275.0 km
Yomitan	275.5 km
Gushikawa	276.6 km
Katsuren-haebaru	279.2 km
Okinawa	280.9 km
Ginowan	289.8 km
Urasoe	291.1 km
Nishihara	291.3 km
Naha	297.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

Amami

Japan · 2026-07-23 09:22 UTC

183.3 km

M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

182.9 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

77.8 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

15.2 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

90.7 km

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