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M4.4 earthquake 19 km N of Daigo, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 19 km N of Daigo, Japan on Mon, Mar 27, 2017, 2:31 PM JST (05:31 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 7 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-27 05:31:52 UTC
Depth
57.4 km (35.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.944° N, 140.340° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 7.8 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3463 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 81
  3. 4.610 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 8
  4. 4.44 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
  5. 4.433 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3451 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.26 km NNW of Motegi, Japan · 3444 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.442 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3435 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3483 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.640 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3500 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.827 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 34
  6. 4.632 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3507 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3508 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 19
  8. 4.343 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3508 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008dlb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.