M4.3 earthquake 56 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 11:28 PM JST (14:28 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 6 km W of Kitaibaraki, 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
- 2017-07-30 14:28:48 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.430° N, 141.248° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.26 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 214
- 4.18 km NNE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3348 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
- 4.811 km SE of Ishikawa, Japan · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 16
- 4.53 km SSE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 66
- 4.747 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3326 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.4119 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3356 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7123 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3356 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1117 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3360 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.226 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3376 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.519 km W of Iwaki, Japan · 3378 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a2pt. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.