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M5.8 earthquake 126 km WSW of Kushikino, Japan
Tuesday, June 5, 1928, 05:55:31 UTC · 31.417°N, 128.984°E
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 126 km WSW of Kushikino, Japan on Tuesday, June 5, 1928, 05:55:31 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.8 on June 3, 1928.
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
7 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/2 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 15 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
12 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Yangtze and Okinawa plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 23 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.9108 km NW of Naze, JapanJune 15, 1911 · 254 km S of this epicenter
- 7.518 km SE of Honmachi, JapanNovember 10, 1909 · 200 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.422 km N of Nishinoomote, JapanJuly 13, 1923 · 202 km E of this epicenter
- 7.229 km ESE of Takanabe, JapanApril 13, 1913 · 275 km E of this epicenter
- 7.161 km ESE of Nishinoomote, JapanAugust 24, 1904 · 268 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.0152 km NW of Uken, JapanJuly 4, 1914 · 262 km S of this epicenter
- 7.093 km NNE of Naze, JapanNovember 3, 1923 · 274 km S of this epicenter
- 6.88 km NNE of Kajiki, JapanJanuary 12, 1914 · 167 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 10 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 15,140 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1792M6.4
Kyusyu Island
21 May 1792 · 198 km away
15,030 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1914M7.1
Sakurijima
12 Jan 1914 · 161 km away
63 deaths$19 million damagetsunami
- 1922
Kyushu
7 Dec 1922 · 189 km away
27 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1889M6.3
Kumamoto
28 Jul 1889 · 223 km away
20 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1899M7.1
Seikaido
24 Nov 1899 · 290 km away
Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1904M7.9
Kyushu
24 Aug 1904 · 185 km away
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.