M4.3 earthquake 59 km SSE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of ?funato, Japan on Sun, Jul 2, 2017, 3:53 AM JST (18:53 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 49 km SE of Kamaishi, 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
- 2017-07-01 18:53:11 UTC
- Depth
- 55.2 km (34.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.570° N, 141.969° 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, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.384 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3373 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.230 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3372 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.473 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3369 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.443 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3368 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.351 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3359 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.329 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3353 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.376 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3351 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.346 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3346 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.434 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3345 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.172 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3335 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3333 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.649 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3331 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3330 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100095rg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.