M4.5 earthquake 119 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 3:09 AM JST (18:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 135 km E of Yamada, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-24 18:09:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.137° N, 143.188° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3139 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3358 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9135 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7175 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3333 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a0gj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.