M4.5 earthquake 115 km ESE of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 115 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Tue, Nov 7, 2017, 2:45 AM JST (17:45 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 46 km SE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-06 17:45:06 UTC
- Depth
- 33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.277° N, 142.280° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3114 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3250 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.046 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3244 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 10
- 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3226 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.635 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3220 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.392 km E of Namie, Japan · 3216 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.598 km E of Namie, Japan · 3205 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3198 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.439 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3256 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.556 km E of Namie, Japan · 3259 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.483 km E of Namie, Japan · 3268 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.978 km E of Namie, Japan · 3271 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.0111 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3280 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bjbl. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.