M4.5 earthquake 18 km E of ?hara, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 18 km E of ?hara, Japan on Thu, Dec 17, 1987, 2:07 PM JST (05:07 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km ESE of ?hara, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-17 05:07:05 UTC
- Depth
- 39.1 km (24.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.268° N, 140.595° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.47 km ESE of Mobara, Japan · 14159 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.112 km E of Mobara, Japan · 14159 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.319 km SE of T?gane, Japan · 14140 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.417 km NNE of ?hara, Japan · 14138 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.712 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 14138 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.211 km ENE of ?hara, Japan · 14138 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.1near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 14129 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.927 km SE of Tateyama, Japan · 14111 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.220 km SSE of Y?kaichiba, Japan · 14102 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003bbs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.