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M4.5 earthquake 19 km ESE of Ishikawa, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Ishikawa, Japan on Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 5:51 AM JST (20:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 52 km E of Namie, 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
2017-06-18 20:51:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.075° N, 140.643° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
14
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

14 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.051 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3393 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.519 km W of Iwaki, Japan · 3378 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.834 km ESE of Marumori, Japan · 3377 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 34
  4. 4.556 km E of Namie, Japan · 3376 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.226 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3376 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.313 km S of Namie, Japan · 3373 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.531 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3373 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 5.852 km E of Namie, Japan · 3364 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 112
  9. 4.355 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3364 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.436 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3359 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.356 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3354 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  12. 5.26 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3352 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 214
  13. 4.18 km NNE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3348 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8

Before

  1. 4.32 km SSW of Mooka, Japan · 3396 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.348 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3410 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009nhh. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.