M4.6 earthquake 70 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 70 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 2:39 AM JST (17:39 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-05 17:39:11 UTC
- Depth
- 31.2 km (19.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.660° N, 142.333° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.353 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3535 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3532 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3527 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.657 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3508 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.486 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.694 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.369 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.539 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
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