M5.2 earthquake 22 km SE of It?, Japan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 22 km SE of It?, Japan on Sat, Jan 14, 1978, 9:47 AM JST (00:47 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.6 23 km SE of It?, 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 00:47:38 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.806° N, 139.233° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.623 km SE of It?, Japan · 17790 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.216 km S of Heda, Japan · 17790 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.013 km WNW of Shimoda, Japan · 17789 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.718 km S of Heda, Japan · 17789 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.311 km NW of Shimoda, Japan · 17789 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.612 km NW of Shimoda, Japan · 17788 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.130 km E of Shimoda, Japan · 17788 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Miura, Japan · 17732 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sg7. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.