M6.7 earthquake 33 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan on Wed, Mar 18, 1987, 12:36 PM JST (03:36 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-18 03:36:30 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.034° N, 131.837° E
- Region
- Japan
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 19.1% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.844 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 14433 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.941 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 14433 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.644 km E of Takanabe, Japan · 14432 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.241 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 14428 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.874 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 14408 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.652 km SE of Saiki, Japan · 14390 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033dd (also filed as choy19870318033630, gcmtc031887b, gcmt19870318033628, atlas19870318033631, iscgem472313). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC.