M4.1 earthquake 114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan on Mon, Dec 27, 1982, 10:48 PM JST (13:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 112 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-12-27 13:48:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.688° N, 139.310° 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8112 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.1117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.1118 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8111 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5123 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 6.3104 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.9103 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.4113 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.8117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.3110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.4114 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0115 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.8110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7127 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15972 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4109 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15969 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15957 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15954 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001rsp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.