M4.6 earthquake 0 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 0 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan on Mon, Jan 18, 1982, 6:46 AM JST (21:46 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 10 km SSW of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-17 21:46:08 UTC
- Depth
- 55.8 km (34.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.736° N, 140.842° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.710 km SSW of Hasaki, Japan · 16319 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 16315 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.123 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 16289 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.565 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 16281 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.14 km SSW of Matsudo, Japan · 16278 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.575 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 16277 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.68 km WNW of Hitachi-Naka, Japan · 16271 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.452 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16270 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.85 km WSW of Chiba, Japan · 16259 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001j2z. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.