M4.3 earthquake 55 km ESE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km ESE of ?funato, Japan on Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 10:29 AM JST (01:29 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 33 km ESE 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
- 2017-08-23 01:29:37 UTC
- Depth
- 53.8 km (33.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.840° N, 142.283° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.833 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3282 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 4.447 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3276 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.649 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3331 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3333 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.172 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3335 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.434 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3345 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.346 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3346 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.376 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3351 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.329 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3352 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.510 km ENE of Yamada, Japan · 3358 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.351 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3359 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000abra. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.