M4.4 earthquake 47 km E of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 47 km E of Yamada, Japan on Mon, Oct 16, 2017, 7:05 PM JST (10:05 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 46 km ESE of Kamaishi, 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
- 2017-10-16 10:05:59 UTC
- Depth
- 50.8 km (31.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.402° N, 142.500° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.651 km ESE of Ichinohe, Japan · 3273 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.457 km SE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3255 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.669 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3227 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.746 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3225 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.352 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3221 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.525 km WNW of Miyako, Japan · 3219 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000asp8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.