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M4.4 earthquake 23 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan on Mon, Feb 6, 2017, 3:24 PM JST (06:24 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-06 06:24:52 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.151° N, 140.778° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.6 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
158°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.613 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  2. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3525 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.45 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 3516 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  4. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 127
  5. 4.36 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3509 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.343 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3509 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3509 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 19
  8. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 33
  11. 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3491 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  13. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3491 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3489 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  15. 4.53 km SSE of Sakura, Japan · 3487 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3484 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  17. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3484 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.34 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3483 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 15
  19. 4.419 km N of Daigo, Japan · 3479 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3474 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 4.3107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3531 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.511 km N of ?hara, Japan · 3532 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.57 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 35
  5. 4.14 km ENE of Ishige, Japan · 3547 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.09 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 32
  7. 4.58 km SSE of Tsukuba, Japan · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  8. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3557 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i0n. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.