M4.4 earthquake 60 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Thu, Dec 7, 2017, 5:47 AM JST (20:47 UTC), 58 km (36 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
- 2017-12-06 20:47:18 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.290° N, 141.976° 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, 10.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km E of Namie, Japan · 3216 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.539 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.847 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 4.354 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3199 days ago · 51 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.153 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3187 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.350 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3177 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3174 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 4.447 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3170 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3226 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.669 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3227 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.456 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3236 days ago · 58 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.343 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3239 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4105 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3243 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.957 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3251 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c3vk. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC.