M4.6 earthquake 57 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 57 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Sat, Feb 25, 2017, 1:52 PM JST (04:52 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
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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
- 2017-02-25 04:52:55 UTC
- Depth
- 38.5 km (24.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.765° N, 142.258° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3472 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.59 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3468 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.550 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3465 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mcu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.