M4.3 earthquake 189 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 189 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 6:43 AM JST (21:43 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 129 km NE 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
- 2017-01-16 21:43:10 UTC
- Depth
- 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.406° N, 143.924° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3134 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7129 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3509 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3499 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3497 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3495 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2153 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3493 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3492 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0261 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3490 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007wp1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.