M4.2 earthquake 79 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan on Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 10:03 PM JST (13:03 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 62 km ENE of Mutsu, 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
- 2017-02-07 13:03:18 UTC
- Depth
- 61.3 km (38.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.494° N, 142.125° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.642 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3520 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.762 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 3498 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 4.349 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3498 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.293 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3479 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.446 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 3542 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.896 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 3543 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 4.878 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3543 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 4.480 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 3547 days ago · 60 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i6m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.