Japan earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 13 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 13 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan on Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 8:03 PM JST (11:03 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 27 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-07 11:03:59 UTC
Depth
35.8 km (22.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.760° N, 140.579° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
83

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.543 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3526 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3524 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.36 km NE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3509 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.343 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3508 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.19 km NNE of Sakai, Japan · 3508 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
  7. 4.632 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3507 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.827 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 34
  9. 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3506 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.640 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3500 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.57 km WNW of Itako, Japan · 3488 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  14. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3483 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.34 km NNW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3482 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 15
  16. 4.419 km N of Daigo, Japan · 3478 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 4.012 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3473 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.830 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3530 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3530 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.57 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3546 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 35
  5. 4.14 km ENE of Ishige, Japan · 3546 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.58 km SSE of Tsukuba, Japan · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
  7. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i67. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC.