M4.5 earthquake 131 km E of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 131 km E of Yamada, Japan on Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 2:52 AM JST (17:52 UTC), 19 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 190 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-27 17:52:16 UTC
- Depth
- 18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.423° N, 143.473° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7182 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3506 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8133 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3506 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6109 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3500 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.799 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3498 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3496 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6154 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3493 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9190 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3488 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5125 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mqu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC.