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M4.3 earthquake 43 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Sun, Feb 26, 2017, 2:20 AM JST (17:20 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 27 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-25 17:20:10 UTC
Depth
35.6 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.428° N, 141.089° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.2 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.632 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3507 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.827 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 34
  3. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3506 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3506 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3504 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3500 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 33
  7. 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3500 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.640 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3500 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3490 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  11. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3488 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  13. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3483 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.419 km N of Daigo, Japan · 3478 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  16. 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3463 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 81
  17. 4.610 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  18. 4.44 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
  19. 4.433 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3451 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3514 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 127
  2. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3522 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3524 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.543 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3525 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.613 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan · 3526 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.3107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3530 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mkg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.