Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 12:51 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naze (Japan - JP), about 158.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 127.901 and latitude 28.674.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	198.0 km
Coordinates	28.674, 127.901
UTC time	2017-08-16 12:51:25.870

Location	Amami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2017-08-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naze	158.5 km
Amami	159.3 km
Nago	229.3 km
Yomitan	253.4 km
Uruma	255.8 km
Gushikawa	257.6 km
Okinawa	260.4 km
Katsuren-haebaru	260.6 km
Ginowan	268.7 km
Urasoe	269.3 km
Nishihara	269.9 km
Naha	274.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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M 4.5

Amami

Japan · 2026-06-16 23:18 UTC

250.2 km

M 4.6

Amami

Japan · 2026-03-20 21:19 UTC

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M 4.3

Amami

Japan · 2026-01-25 21:55 UTC

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M 5.3

Amami

Japan · 2025-10-07 21:38 UTC

155.1 km

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