M4.2 earthquake 6 km NNW of Motegi, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Motegi, Japan on Mon, May 1, 2017, 11:51 AM JST (02:51 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 1 km S of Ry?gasaki, 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
- 2017-05-01 02:51:29 UTC
- Depth
- 115.8 km (71.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.570° N, 140.164° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 46
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.51 km S of Ry?gasaki, Japan · 3422 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 4.52 km SE of ?i, Japan · 3417 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 56
- 4.58 km SE of Shiroi, Japan · 3402 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 4.32 km SSW of Mooka, Japan · 3396 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 8
- 4.519 km ESE of Ishikawa, Japan · 3396 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 14
- 4.23 km SSE of Ry?gasaki, Japan · 3395 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.44 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3456 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 4.610 km NW of Takahagi, Japan · 3456 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
- 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3464 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 81
- 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3474 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008pt8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.