M4.2 earthquake 15 km SE of ?arai, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 15 km SE of ?arai, Japan on Sat, Jan 3, 1987, 3:52 AM JST (18:52 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 10 km ENE of ?miya, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-02 18:52:46 UTC
- Depth
- 68.5 km (42.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.216° N, 140.702° 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 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.810 km ENE of ?miya, Japan · 14502 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.76 km NE of Honch?, Japan · 14497 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.415 km SW of Iwaki, Japan · 14485 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.127 km S of Hasaki, Japan · 14484 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.62 km NNW of Sakai, Japan · 14469 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.454 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 14469 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.959 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 14467 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.117 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 14467 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.930 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 14464 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.73 km NNE of Kasukabe, Japan · 14458 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031bx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.