M4.0 earthquake 28 km NNW of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 28 km NNW of Miyako, Japan on Sun, Sep 24, 2017, 10:48 PM JST (13:48 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 73 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-24 13:48:58 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.896° N, 141.842° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.873 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3295 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 45
- 4.381 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.564 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3291 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.447 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3276 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.651 km ESE of Ichinohe, Japan · 3274 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.581 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3266 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.457 km SE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3256 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.278 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 3243 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000awkj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC.