Japan earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 6 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan on Sat, Feb 25, 2017, 10:18 AM JST (01:18 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 8 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-25 01:18:54 UTC
Depth
54.6 km (33.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.061° N, 140.023° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.4 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3508 days ago · 56 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 19
  2. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 33
  5. 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3491 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3489 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.53 km SSE of Sakura, Japan · 3487 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3484 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
  10. 4.34 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3482 days ago · 55 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 15
  11. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3474 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3463 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 81
  13. 4.45 km ESE of Chiba, Japan · 3460 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 26
  14. 4.48 km SSE of Tokyo, Japan · 3459 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 4.610 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
  16. 4.44 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3455 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 127
  2. 4.45 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 3516 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  3. 4.613 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  4. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3531 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.511 km N of ?hara, Japan · 3531 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mkc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.