M4.8 earthquake 89 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 89 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan on Tue, May 20, 1980, 10:09 AM JST (01:09 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-05-20 01:09:20 UTC
- Depth
- 48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.027° N, 141.754° 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 1.8 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.6109 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16926 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.089 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16927 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7100 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 16940 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.197 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16951 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.736 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16954 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2101 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16955 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00017bb (also filed as iscgemsup645940). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.