M4.0 earthquake 3 km ENE of Honch?, Japan
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Honch?, Japan on Tue, Apr 13, 1982, 2:36 AM JST (17:36 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 2 km WSW of Sakura, 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-12 17:36:26 UTC
- Depth
- 72.1 km (44.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.714° N, 140.018° 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 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.08 km NNW of Yokohama, Japan · 16232 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.42 km WSW of Sakura, Japan · 16230 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.910 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 16229 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.82 km SSW of Sakai, Japan · 16228 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.511 km E of Tateyama, Japan · 16220 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.842 km ENE of ?hara, Japan · 16208 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kp5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.