M4.3 earthquake 112 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 112 km ESE of ?funato, Japan on Mon, Jan 23, 1978, 8:09 PM JST (11:09 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 37 km SSE of ?funato, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-23 11:09:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.577° N, 142.853° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1106 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17754 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 6.137 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 17753 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.637 km S of ?funato, Japan · 17753 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.442 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17753 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.452 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 17753 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5118 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17752 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.178 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17751 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8139 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17745 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9130 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17734 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.134 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 17732 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3169 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17732 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.9105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17785 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.1106 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17788 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9103 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17792 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8115 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17800 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.0128 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17809 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000snk. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.