M4.8 earthquake 115 km E of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 115 km E of Yamada, Japan on Tue, Jan 3, 1978, 9:27 PM JST (12:27 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 103 km ESE of Yamada, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-03 12:27:18 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.273° N, 143.267° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9103 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17786 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.1106 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17781 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17778 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17774 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.457 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17762 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 5.0128 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17803 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1135 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.0104 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 17805 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.4105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.9110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.3110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17806 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17809 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7122 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17810 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sbk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.