M4.4 earthquake 93 km ESE of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 93 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Sun, Apr 18, 1982, 10:27 PM JST (13:27 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 114 km E of Namie, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-18 13:27:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.105° N, 141.936° 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
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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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2106 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 16238 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.286 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 16238 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.645 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 16207 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.9114 km E of Namie, Japan · 16201 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7120 km E of Namie, Japan · 16201 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001kth. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:23 AM UTC.