M4.3 earthquake 53 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 7:35 AM JST (22:35 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-16 22:35:24 UTC
- Depth
- 59.3 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.697° N, 142.107° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3536 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3533 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3528 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.657 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3509 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007wp4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.