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M4.5 earthquake 3 km SSE of Sakura, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Sakura, Japan on Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 8:35 PM JST (11:35 UTC), 60 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 7 km WSW of Ishioka, 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
2017-03-19 11:35:43 UTC
Depth
60.5 km (37.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.686° N, 140.247° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.27 km SE of Kamogawa, Japan · 3484 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
  2. 4.314 km S of Asahi, Japan · 3483 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 9
  3. 4.34 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3482 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 15
  4. 4.87 km WSW of Ishioka, Japan · 3463 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 81
  5. 4.45 km ESE of Chiba, Japan · 3460 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 26
  6. 4.48 km SSE of Tokyo, Japan · 3459 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.57 km WSW of Yachimata, Japan · 3444 days ago · 61 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 9
  8. 4.26 km NNW of Motegi, Japan · 3444 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3488 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.38 km E of Omigawa, Japan · 3490 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  4. 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.88 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 33
  6. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3508 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 19
  9. 4.36 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3509 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  10. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3514 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 127
  11. 4.45 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 3515 days ago · 67 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 8

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008udc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.