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M4.5 earthquake 65 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 65 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan on Thu, Apr 29, 1982, 1:00 PM GMT+8 (05:00 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 64 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1982-04-29 05:00:37 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
24.808° N, 122.471° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.864 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 16218 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.836 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 16196 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.466 km ESE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 16242 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 5.360 km ESE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 16251 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001m0a (also filed as iscgemsup601485). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.