M4.4 earthquake 24 km N of Yonakuni, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 24 km N of Yonakuni, Japan on Thu, Mar 27, 1986, 9:32 AM JST (00:32 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 48 km N of Yonakuni, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-27 00:32:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.688° N, 122.997° 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.448 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.333 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.948 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.439 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.438 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.8Taiwan region · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.434 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.462 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.039 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14786 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.638 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14785 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.327 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.944 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14782 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.744 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14780 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.361 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14779 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.788 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14777 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.429 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14776 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.054 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14765 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.162 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14765 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.011 km ESE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.515 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.339 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14763 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.162 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14756 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.576 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14749 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.850 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 5.031 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14790 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.845 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14790 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.837 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.242 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.786 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.039 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.456 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.341 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.845 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.537 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.571 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.652 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.127 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.941 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.859 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.437 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.146 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.641 km W of Yonakuni, Japan · 14793 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.477 km NW of Ishigaki, Japan · 14793 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
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