M4.2 earthquake 56 km SE of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Namie, Japan on Sun, Apr 26, 1987, 3:34 AM JST (18:34 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 41 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-25 18:34:56 UTC
- Depth
- 59.5 km (37.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.197° N, 141.521° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.941 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 14390 days ago · 61 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.565 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 14390 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.184 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 14388 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.649 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 14387 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.740 km SE of Namie, Japan · 14385 days ago · 90 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.288 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.180 km E of Namie, Japan · 14380 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.639 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 14361 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.631 km SE of Namie, Japan · 14396 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.479 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 14397 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.361 km SE of Namie, Japan · 14398 days ago · 55 km deep · 5 km away
- 6.762 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 14398 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.466 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 14398 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.042 km E of Namie, Japan · 14400 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.152 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 14404 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.112 km N of Namie, Japan · 14404 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4109 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 14412 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 6.771 km E of Namie, Japan · 14413 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034fe. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.