Earthquake details

Tuesday, August 25, 1998 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, August 25, 1998 at 23:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 79.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.721 and latitude 28.609.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	120.8 km
Coordinates	28.609, 128.721
UTC time	1998-08-25 23:44:26.990

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1998-08-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	79.3 km
Amami	79.9 km
Nago	233.5 km
Uruma	262.7 km
Yomitan	263.9 km
Gushikawa	264.2 km
Katsuren-haebaru	266.8 km
Okinawa	268.8 km
Ginowan	277.9 km
Urasoe	279.3 km
Nishihara	279.4 km
Naha	285.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.1

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M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

169.9 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

60.2 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

5.0 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

92.8 km

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