M4.7 earthquake 196 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 196 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Mon, Jul 3, 1978, 2:01 AM JST (17:01 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 195 km SE of ?funato, 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-02 17:01:01 UTC
- Depth
- 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.033° N, 143.545° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8133 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17618 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9195 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17617 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17616 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17612 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.8187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17612 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17610 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17610 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5146 km E of Namie, Japan · 17608 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17603 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4150 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17602 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.2182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17625 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17625 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5195 km E of Namie, Japan · 17626 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9109 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17627 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1152 km E of Namie, Japan · 17628 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9141 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17633 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2112 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17634 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17635 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1164 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17636 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9170 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7185 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.6167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17636 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17638 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vd6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.