M4.4 earthquake 83 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 83 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Mon, Nov 6, 2017, 10:34 AM JST (01:34 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 57 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-06 01:34:32 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.452° N, 142.263° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.957 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3250 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4105 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3243 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.343 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3239 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.456 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3236 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.669 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3227 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3226 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.746 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3225 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.460 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3224 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.539 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.847 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 4.354 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3199 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bj2l. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.