M4.4 earthquake 86 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 86 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Tue, Jan 3, 2017, 9:13 PM JST (12:13 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 70 km SE of ?funato, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-03 12:13:43 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.608° N, 142.516° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.670 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3558 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.353 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3535 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3532 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3527 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.657 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3508 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.694 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.369 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.539 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007pg5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.