M4.6 earthquake 92 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 92 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Mon, Jun 12, 1978, 10:29 PM JST (13:29 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 63 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-06-12 13:29:50 UTC
- Depth
- 45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.428° N, 142.392° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.963 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17633 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17633 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.393 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17632 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.465 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17631 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.6167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7185 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9170 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1164 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17629 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.2112 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9141 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.894 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17627 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17626 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.741 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17625 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17625 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9109 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17621 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8133 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17612 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17604 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17604 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17597 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4150 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17596 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.272 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17589 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.193 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.980 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.347 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.962 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.480 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17634 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
- 7.768 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.769 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17634 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.593 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17647 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.471 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17658 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000v0q. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.