M4.6 earthquake 62 km ENE of Namie, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 62 km ENE of Namie, Japan on Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 7:57 AM JST (22:57 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 56 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-27 22:57:32 UTC
- Depth
- 48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.654° N, 141.669° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 103
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.39 km ENE of Funehikimachi-funehiki, Japan · 3140 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.552 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3127 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.569 km E of Namie, Japan · 3106 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3099 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.048 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3099 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.340 km E of Namie, Japan · 3099 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3099 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.956 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3098 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
- 4.234 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3082 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.479 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.665 km E of Namie, Japan · 3144 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 113
- 4.630 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3145 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.458 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3153 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.354 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3157 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.595 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3168 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.447 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3171 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d8wj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.