M4.3 earthquake 4 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan on Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 1:29 AM JST (16:29 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 7 km WSW of Ishioka, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-23 16:29:54 UTC
- Depth
- 54.7 km (34.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.053° N, 139.955° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 15
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3463 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 81
- 4.45 km ESE of Chiba, Japan · 3460 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 26
- 4.48 km SSE of Tokyo, Japan · 3459 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.57 km WSW of Yachimata, Japan · 3444 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 9
- 4.26 km NNW of Motegi, Japan · 3444 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3483 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
- 4.53 km SSE of Sakura, Japan · 3486 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3488 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
- 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3491 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 33
- 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3508 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 19
- 4.36 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3509 days ago · 55 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008u2t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC.