M4.4 earthquake 38 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 38 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 3:10 AM JST (18:10 UTC), 58 km (36 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-26 18:10:59 UTC
- Depth
- 58.5 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.245° N, 141.687° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 194°, dip 55°, rake 120°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 328°, dip 45°, rake 54°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.447 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3171 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.458 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3153 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.665 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 113
- 4.479 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.662 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3142 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.552 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3127 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.841 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3119 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 10
Before
- 4.420 km E of Namie, Japan · 3176 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.350 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3177 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.153 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3188 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.354 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3199 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cpyy. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC.