M4.6 earthquake 154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Mon, Mar 13, 2017, 3:25 PM JST (06:25 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-13 06:25:40 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.222° N, 143.592° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 138°, dip 34°, rake 37°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 17°, dip 71°, rake 118°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 95
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.2153 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3493 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3495 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3498 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3499 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5131 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3506 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.8137 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3506 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3509 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1141 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3518 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100088ls. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.