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M4.3 earthquake 107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan on Mon, Feb 6, 2017, 6:32 AM JST (21:32 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 66 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-05 21:32:19 UTC
Depth
38.9 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.384° N, 141.842° 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 9.2 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3525 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  3. 5.266 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 23
  4. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.343 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3508 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.821 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3507 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3507 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.8111 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3506 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.234 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3505 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.132 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan · 3501 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.429 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3490 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.126 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3483 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.6140 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3482 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 20
  14. 4.8157 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3482 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3530 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3557 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008khj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC.