M4.2 earthquake 55 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 55 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Mon, Aug 2, 1982, 4:37 PM JST (07:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 63 km ENE of Kashima-shi, 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-02 07:37:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.383° N, 141.213° 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.863 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.473 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.593 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 16115 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.430 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16110 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.436 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16109 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.947 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16104 days ago · 52 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.679 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16101 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.816 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 16096 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.250 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16093 days ago · 50 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of ?arai, Japan · 16091 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 16088 days ago · 53 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.611 km SSE of Asahi, Japan · 16087 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.44 km SE of Karasuyama, Japan · 16078 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.871 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16075 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.586 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16071 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2109 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16063 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.367 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 16122 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.181 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16124 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.0near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 16126 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5109 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16128 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.056 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0115 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9103 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.0120 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.594 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.991 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16130 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.471 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.758 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16130 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.597 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.887 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16131 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.957 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 16131 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.869 km E of ?arai, Japan · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.0103 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 6.288 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 16132 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3108 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16132 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.051 km E of ?arai, Japan · 16132 days ago · 58 km deep · 7 km away
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