M4.4 earthquake 83 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 83 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan on Fri, May 5, 2017, 7:51 PM JST (10:51 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 42 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-05 10:51:59 UTC
- Depth
- 64.1 km (39.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.555° N, 142.150° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 73
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.642 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3419 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.324 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 3404 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4112 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3380 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ppf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.