M5.2 earthquake 48 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 48 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Mon, Nov 13, 1978, 12:01 PM JST (03:01 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-11-13 03:01:40 UTC
- Depth
- 43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.765° N, 142.108° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 147
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9125 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17469 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.662 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17456 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.373 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17454 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.42 km W of Miyako, Japan · 17442 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.397 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17435 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.478 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17424 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000xe1 (also filed as iscgem673881). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.