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M4.8 earthquake 110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan on Thu, Dec 30, 1982, 6:24 AM JST (21:24 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1982-12-29 21:24:00 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.769° N, 139.440° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7127 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15972 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.4109 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15969 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.2120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15957 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.8120 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15954 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.211 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15947 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.0115 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 5.4114 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 5.3110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.9114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15973 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.8117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 5.4113 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.9103 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 6.3104 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.5123 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.8111 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 5.1118 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 5.5107 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 5.1117 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15974 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 4.6114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 4.8112 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.1114 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 5.2110 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 5.148 km SE of Shimoda, Japan · 15975 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001rvm (also filed as iscgemsup588095). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.