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M3.8 earthquake 69 km E of ?arai, Japan

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 69 km E of ?arai, Japan on Sat, Jul 24, 1982, 5:08 AM JST (20:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 57 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-07-23 20:08:25 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.337° N, 141.357° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.957 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 16131 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.887 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16131 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.597 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.758 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.471 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.991 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 5.594 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 5.0120 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.9103 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.0115 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.056 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.5109 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16128 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 5.0near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 16127 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.181 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16124 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.367 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.863 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.473 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 5.593 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 16115 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.793 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 16115 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 5.430 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16111 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 5.436 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16109 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 3.947 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16104 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 5.679 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16101 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 4.816 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 16096 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 4.250 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16093 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 4.233 km ESE of ?arai, Japan · 16092 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16089 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 4.871 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16075 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 5.0103 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 6.288 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.3108 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 5.051 km E of ?arai, Japan · 16132 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.355 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 5.193 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.789 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.9103 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 7.193 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.765 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.383 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 5.193 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.788 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 54 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 4.997 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.965 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 5.3100 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.4135 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 4.097 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.680 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 5.082 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16133 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away

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