M4.3 earthquake 122 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 122 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 1:37 AM JST (16:37 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 78 km E of Namie, 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
- 2017-09-14 16:37:12 UTC
- Depth
- 32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.969° N, 142.580° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.833 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3283 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 4.978 km E of Namie, Japan · 3270 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.483 km E of Namie, Japan · 3267 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.483 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3255 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5115 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3254 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.957 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3250 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
Before
- 4.280 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3311 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.357 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3312 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5115 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3326 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3333 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.172 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3335 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000asky. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.