M4.2 earthquake 182 km E of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 182 km E of Namie, Japan on Wed, Jun 28, 1978, 3:46 AM JST (18:46 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 163 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-06-27 18:46:07 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.425° N, 143.057° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7163 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 17627 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7196 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17622 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8133 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17620 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9195 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17619 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17618 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17614 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8187 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17614 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17612 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17612 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5146 km E of Namie, Japan · 17610 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4150 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17604 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.7182 km E of Namie, Japan · 17627 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5195 km E of Namie, Japan · 17628 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1152 km E of Namie, Japan · 17630 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.1155 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17633 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3131 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17633 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9141 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17635 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1164 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17638 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.2164 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9170 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7185 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.6167 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17638 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 17641 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vb8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.