M4.6 earthquake 69 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 3:24 AM JST (18:24 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-26 18:24:44 UTC
- Depth
- 35.8 km (22.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.196° N, 141.230° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.511 km N of ?hara, Japan · 3531 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 127
- 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 33
- 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.868 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3497 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3491 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.27 km SE of Kamogawa, Japan · 3485 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 9
- 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3484 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008iqk. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:46 AM UTC.