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M4.5 earthquake 11 km N of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 11 km N of ?hara, Japan on Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 2:38 AM JST (17:38 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-02 17:38:32 UTC
Depth
59.0 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.349° N, 140.403° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.45 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 3515 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  3. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3514 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 127
  4. 4.36 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3509 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 33
  7. 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3500 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.868 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3497 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3490 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  10. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3488 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.53 km SSE of Sakura, Japan · 3486 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.27 km SE of Kamogawa, Japan · 3484 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
  14. 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3483 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 9
  15. 4.34 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3482 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 15

Before

  1. 4.669 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3538 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.14 km ENE of Ishige, Japan · 3546 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  3. 5.09 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 32
  4. 4.58 km SSE of Tsukuba, Japan · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k7b. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.