Earthquake details

Saturday, January 5, 2013 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 04:11 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 98.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 128.579 and latitude 28.749.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	42.3 km
Coordinates	28.749, 128.579
UTC time	2013-01-05 04:11:53.440

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2013-01-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	98.1 km
Amami	98.6 km
Nago	244.7 km
Uruma	273.5 km
Yomitan	274.0 km
Gushikawa	275.1 km
Katsuren-haebaru	277.8 km
Okinawa	279.4 km
Ginowan	288.3 km
Urasoe	289.6 km
Nishihara	289.8 km
Naha	296.0 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

185.0 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

79.4 km

M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

15.9 km

M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

93.0 km

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