M4.4 earthquake 71 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km ESE of ?funato, Japan on Sat, May 20, 1978, 1:28 PM JST (04:28 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.7 68 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-05-20 04:28:04 UTC
- Depth
- 53.0 km (32.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.828° N, 142.479° 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.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.593 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17652 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.769 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17639 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 7.768 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17639 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.480 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17639 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.962 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17639 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.347 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17639 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.980 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17639 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.193 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17638 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.692 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.963 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17637 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17637 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 6.393 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17637 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17635 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17635 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17634 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17633 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.2112 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17632 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.894 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17632 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.741 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9109 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17625 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8133 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17616 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17609 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17609 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
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