M5.1 earthquake 106 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 106 km ESE of Yamada, Japan on Mon, Jan 16, 1978, 2:32 PM JST (05:32 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-16 05:32:43 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.195° N, 143.135° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17778 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17774 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.457 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17762 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5118 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 17746 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9130 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 17728 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3169 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 17725 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.9103 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17786 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.8115 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17794 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.0128 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17803 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17804 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 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 · 16 km away
- 5.4105 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.9110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17805 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.3110 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17806 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9137 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 17809 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7122 km E of Yamada, Japan · 17810 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sj5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC.