M4.4 earthquake 34 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 34 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 7:35 AM JST (22:35 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-07 22:35:14 UTC
- Depth
- 52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.878° N, 142.025° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.172 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3335 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3333 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.649 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3331 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3330 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.357 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3312 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.346 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3346 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.376 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3351 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.329 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3352 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.510 km ENE of Yamada, Japan · 3358 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.351 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3359 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3368 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.230 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3372 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.384 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3373 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a5sd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.