M4.0 earthquake 21 km NNE of Daigo, Japan
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Daigo, Japan on Sun, Sep 27, 1981, 7:11 PM JST (10:11 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 33 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-27 10:11:28 UTC
- Depth
- 98.7 km (61.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.952° N, 140.416° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001g4a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.