M4.9 earthquake 195 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 195 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Wed, Jul 5, 1978, 11:28 PM JST (14:28 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-05 14:28:56 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.100° N, 143.595° 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 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17611 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17606 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17606 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17605 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3141 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17597 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4150 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17597 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.8133 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17612 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7196 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17614 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17619 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17619 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5195 km E of Namie, Japan · 17621 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9109 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17621 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17626 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17626 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9141 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2112 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2138 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17629 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17630 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1164 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17630 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9138 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9170 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7185 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.6167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17631 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17633 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ver. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.