M6.2 earthquake 167 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 167 km ESE of ?funato, Japan on Tue, Apr 8, 1958, 3:30 AM JST (18:30 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1958-04-07 18:30:16 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.327° N, 143.393° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.63
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 25012 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 25012 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem884133. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.