M4.4 earthquake 105 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 105 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 11:49 PM JST (14:49 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 47 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 14:49:57 UTC
- Depth
- 60.2 km (37.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.289° N, 142.492° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.343 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3239 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.456 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3236 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.669 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3227 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3226 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.746 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3225 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.460 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3224 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2179 km ESE of ?funato, Japan · 3216 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.539 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.847 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 4.354 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3199 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.153 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3187 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000buyl. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC.