M4.5 earthquake 125 km E of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 125 km E of Yamada, Japan on Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 5:43 AM JST (20:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 142 km ENE of Miyako, 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
- 2017-04-01 20:43:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.411° N, 143.409° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 91
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9142 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3424 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8145 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6167 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3423 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.9190 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3488 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3492 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3495 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3498 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3499 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008duk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.