M4.4 earthquake 148 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan on Mon, Feb 26, 2018, 5:44 PM JST (08:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2018-02-26 08:44:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.4 km (20.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.683° N, 142.485° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 42
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.497 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3123 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4234 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 3113 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3099 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dd3l. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.