M4.4 earthquake 52 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Sun, Mar 7, 1982, 10:43 PM JST (13:43 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-07 13:43:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.399° N, 141.183° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.610 km ESE of Okunoya, Japan · 16266 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.651 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 16263 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.854 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 16256 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.910 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 16237 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2106 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16235 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.286 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16234 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.531 km E of ?arai, Japan · 16231 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001k08. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC.