Japan earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 111 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 111 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan on Tue, Dec 28, 1982, 11:49 AM JST (02:49 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 104 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

Shimoda forecastMore in Japan

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1982-12-28 02:49:40 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.749° N, 139.417° 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 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5123 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15986 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 6.3104 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15986 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.9103 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15986 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 5.4113 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15986 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.8117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15986 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.9114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 5.3110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 5.4114 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.0115 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.8110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15985 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 4.7127 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15984 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.4109 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15981 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 4.2120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15969 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.8120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15966 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 5.1118 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 5.1117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.6114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.8112 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.1114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 5.2110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 5.148 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15987 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away

Earthquakes todayJapan earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001rte. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.