M4.3 earthquake 114 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 114 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan on Sat, Nov 11, 2017, 8:48 AM JST (23:48 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 46 km SE 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-10 23:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 23.6 km (14.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.571° N, 142.022° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 44°, dip 77°, rake 99°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 190°, dip 16°, rake 57°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.046 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3244 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10
- 4.543 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3229 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.635 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3220 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.392 km E of Namie, Japan · 3216 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.598 km E of Namie, Japan · 3206 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3198 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.260 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3193 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
Before
- 4.5115 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3255 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.795 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3268 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.978 km E of Namie, Japan · 3271 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7146 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.336 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3274 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 5.0111 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3280 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bqi1. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC.