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M4.5 earthquake 43 km ESE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 9:06 AM JST (00:06 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 30 km ENE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-08 00:06:22 UTC
Depth
22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.285° N, 141.421° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
109°
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3525 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  2. 5.266 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 23
  3. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.183 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3514 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.343 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3508 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.632 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3507 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.827 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 34
  8. 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3506 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 5.730 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3505 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 100
  10. 4.8111 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3505 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 5.037 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3504 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  12. 4.136 km E of Namie, Japan · 3502 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.640 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3500 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  14. 5.345 km E of Namie, Japan · 3494 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 49
  15. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.649 km E of Namie, Japan · 3484 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3483 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  19. 4.850 km E of Namie, Japan · 3466 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 8

Before

  1. 4.613 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan · 3526 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  2. 4.461 km E of Namie, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.830 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3530 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008id2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.