M4.8 earthquake 133 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 133 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Wed, Jul 5, 1978, 12:47 AM JST (15:47 UTC), 37 km (23 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-04 15:47:02 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.252° N, 142.837° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9195 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17611 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17610 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17606 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17606 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17604 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17604 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5146 km E of Namie, Japan · 17602 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17597 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4150 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17596 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.272 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17589 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.667 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17564 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.659 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17557 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.7196 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17614 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17618 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17619 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5195 km E of Namie, Japan · 17620 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9109 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17621 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1152 km E of Namie, Japan · 17622 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17625 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.741 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17625 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17625 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.894 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17627 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9141 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17627 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.2112 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17629 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17629 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1164 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9170 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7185 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ve6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:41 AM UTC.