M4.5 earthquake 14 km NNW of Hadano, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 14 km NNW of Hadano, Japan on Thu, Aug 1, 1985, 12:03 PM JST (03:03 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 1 km SE of Enzan, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-01 03:03:27 UTC
- Depth
- 123.6 km (76.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.496° N, 139.189° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (I JMA) at Yokohama and Utsunomiya.
From the USGS event page for usp0002h9j. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.61 km SE of Enzan, Japan · 15034 days ago · 177 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.64 km SSE of Chiba, Japan · 15032 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.21 km WSW of Okegawa, Japan · 15032 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.31 km SSE of Chigasaki, Japan · 15031 days ago · 125 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.211 km S of Y?ki, Japan · 15026 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.44 km ESE of Shiroi, Japan · 15000 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.25 km WNW of Ishige, Japan · 14996 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002h9j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.