M4.3 earthquake 54 km SE of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Namie, Japan on Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 3:36 AM JST (18:36 UTC), 40 km (25 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
- 2018-02-12 18:36:33 UTC
- Depth
- 39.6 km (24.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.176° N, 141.478° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 159°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.467 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3150 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.630 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3145 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.665 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 113
- 4.479 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.662 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3142 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.39 km ENE of Funehikimachi-funehiki, Japan · 3140 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.11 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3107 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.569 km E of Namie, Japan · 3106 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km E of Namie, Japan · 3099 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3099 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.210 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3163 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.595 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3168 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.420 km E of Namie, Japan · 3176 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.532 km SE of Hitachi, Japan · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d6f5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.