M4.3 earthquake 54 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Mon, Jan 1, 2018, 11:10 PM JST (14:10 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 65 km E of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-01 14:10:26 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.276° N, 141.895° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 41
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.153 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3187 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.350 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3176 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3174 days ago · 58 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 4.447 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3170 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.458 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3152 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.665 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 113
- 4.479 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.662 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3141 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.847 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3212 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
- 4.539 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3213 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.392 km E of Namie, Japan · 3216 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.460 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3224 days ago · 58 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.585 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3226 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.669 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3227 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ck1x. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.