M4.4 earthquake 18 km SE of It?, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 18 km SE of It?, Japan on Sun, Jul 27, 1980, 6:06 PM JST (09:06 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 7 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-07-27 09:06:02 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.835° N, 139.199° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.912 km ESE of It?, Japan · 16867 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.039 km SW of Tateyama, Japan · 16849 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.376 km S of Shimoda, Japan · 16823 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.07 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan · 16808 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.423 km ENE of Shimoda, Japan · 16895 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8near the south coast of Honshu, Japan · 16895 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.516 km ESE of It?, Japan · 16895 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
- 6.219 km SSE of It?, Japan · 16895 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.414 km SE of It?, Japan · 16896 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.517 km SSE of It?, Japan · 16897 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.013 km ESE of It?, Japan · 16897 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000193q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.