M4.3 earthquake 134 km NE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 134 km NE of Miyako, Japan on Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 5:38 PM JST (08:38 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 78 km NNE of Miyako, 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
- 2017-01-24 08:38:49 UTC
- Depth
- 35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.425° N, 143.151° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7129 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.178 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3538 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 4.668 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3536 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 4.273 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3529 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.070 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3521 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
- 4.5off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3510 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3499 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3498 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3495 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2153 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3493 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3492 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.878 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3543 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
- 4.3189 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3548 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3548 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3570 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007v4x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.