M4.7 earthquake 89 km NE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 89 km NE of Miyako, Japan on Sat, Jun 10, 2017, 4:34 AM JST (19:34 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 139 km ENE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-09 19:34:12 UTC
- Depth
- 15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.220° N, 142.670° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 159
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9121 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3362 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.6139 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3360 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5119 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.510 km ENE of Yamada, Japan · 3358 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3139 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3358 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009llz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.