Earthquake details

Friday, August 13, 1982 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, August 13, 1982 at 21:15 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Hitachi (Japan - JP), about 30.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 140.935 and latitude 36.454.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	59.1 km
Coordinates	36.454, 140.935
UTC time	1982-08-13 21:15:00.210

Location	Mito
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1982-08-13

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Hitachi	30.2 km
Funaishikawa	33.0 km
Hitachi-Naka	36.4 km
Katsuta	36.8 km
Inada	37.5 km
Hitachi-ota	38.0 km
Kitaibaraki	40.6 km
Mito	45.0 km
Hitachiomiya	49.2 km
Okunoya	50.2 km
Hokota	50.5 km
Omitama	54.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Kashiwa Japan · 2026-04-01 01:06 UTC	105.0 km
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M 4.3 Ōta Japan · 2026-02-09 12:27 UTC	136.1 km
M 4.2 Saitama Japan · 2026-02-06 15:58 UTC	126.4 km
M 4.5 Sakura Japan · 2026-02-05 00:19 UTC	109.2 km
M 4.1 Hasaki Japan · 2026-02-03 18:36 UTC	75.7 km
M 4.6 Iwaki Japan · 2026-02-03 09:03 UTC	27.4 km
M 4.3 Mito Japan · 2026-01-30 18:47 UTC	25.0 km

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