Earthquake details

Sunday, January 1, 2012 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 05:27 UTC with a magnitude of 6.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Shima (Japan - JP), about 340.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 138.072 and latitude 31.456.

Magnitude	6.8
Alert	Severe
Depth	365.3 km
Coordinates	31.456, 138.072
UTC time	2012-01-01 05:27:55.980

Location	Hamamatsu
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2012-01-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Shima	340.6 km
Omaezaki	350.1 km
Tanabe	358.6 km
Ise	360.5 km
Kikugawa	361.5 km
Iwata	361.7 km
Hamamatsu	362.5 km
Kosai	364.8 km
Tahara	365.3 km
Maruobara	365.5 km
Fukuroi	367.0 km
Sumiyoshi	367.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Shima Japan · 2025-09-13 20:00 UTC	313.4 km
M 4.8 Hamamatsu Japan · 2025-08-17 23:33 UTC	297.4 km
M 4.8 Ise Japan · 2025-07-31 23:24 UTC	364.0 km

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