M4.4 earthquake 119 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan on Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:07 PM JST (08:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 47 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-28 08:07:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.353° N, 141.971° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.356 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3354 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
- 4.5169 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3351 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.747 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3326 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a237. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC.