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M4.1 earthquake 83 km ENE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 83 km ENE of Namie, Japan on Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 3:01 PM JST (06:01 UTC), 57 km (36 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-19 06:01:53 UTC
Depth
57.1 km (35.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.737° N, 141.895° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.632 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3507 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.827 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 34
  3. 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3506 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 5.730 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3505 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 100
  5. 4.8111 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3505 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 5.037 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3504 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
  7. 4.136 km E of Namie, Japan · 3501 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.640 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3500 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  9. 5.345 km E of Namie, Japan · 3494 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 49
  10. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.649 km E of Namie, Japan · 3484 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.5120 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3472 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.850 km E of Namie, Japan · 3466 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  14. 4.550 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3465 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 5.073 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3455 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 19

Before

  1. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 5.266 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 23
  3. 4.543 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3526 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.461 km E of Namie, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3528 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.830 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3530 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3533 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3536 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008krj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.