M4.2 earthquake 73 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 73 km NNE of Miyako, Japan on Sun, Feb 5, 2017, 9:16 AM JST (00:16 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 70 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-05 00:16:53 UTC
- Depth
- 57.1 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.221° N, 142.359° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.070 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3521 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
- 4.5off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3509 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3499 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3498 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3495 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.59 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3469 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.668 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3536 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 5.178 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3538 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
- 4.7129 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3134 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.878 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3543 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
- 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3548 days ago · 54 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008kgu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.