M5.2 earthquake 16 km S of Heda, Japan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 16 km S of Heda, Japan on Sat, Jan 14, 1978, 1:41 PM JST (04:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 18 km S of Heda, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-14 04:41:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.818° N, 138.804° 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
- 75
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.013 km WNW of Shimoda, Japan · 17783 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.718 km S of Heda, Japan · 17783 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.311 km NW of Shimoda, Japan · 17783 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.612 km NW of Shimoda, Japan · 17782 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.130 km E of Shimoda, Japan · 17781 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Miura, Japan · 17725 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 6.623 km SE of It?, Japan · 17784 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.222 km SE of It?, Japan · 17784 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.230 km E of Shimoda, Japan · 17784 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.927 km ENE of Shimoda, Japan · 17784 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.34 km WSW of Miura, Japan · 17802 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sgg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.