Confirmed
December 19, 2017 at 06:54:00 JST
Off the Coast of Miyagi Prefecture · M4.5 · Shindo 3
宮城県沖
Maximum Shindo3JMA
MagnitudeM4.5JMA magnitude (Mj)
Depth50 km
Stations147JMA
TsunamiNo tsunami concernCheck JMA source ↗
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Prefectures that observed this earthquake
Shindo2
Ichinoseki City一関市
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Iwanuma City岩沼市
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Kesennuma City気仙沼市
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Kunimi Town国見町
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Shichigahama Town七ヶ浜町
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Shibata Town柴田町
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Matsushima Town松島町
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Shinchi Town新地町
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OBSERVATIONS
147Observed Shindo by station
These are actual readings reported at JMA and partner stations, not estimates.
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| Shindo | Station | Prefecture | Distance from epicentre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 女川町女川浜 | Miyagi | — |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市鮎川浜 | Miyagi | 20.0 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市雄勝町 | Miyagi | 38.6 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市泉町 | Miyagi | 43.2 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市大街道南 | Miyagi | 44.7 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市北上町 | Miyagi | 47.4 km |
| 2 | Higashimatsushima City東松島市矢本 | Miyagi | 49.9 km |
| 2 | Higashimatsushima City東松島市小野 | Miyagi | 52.2 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市前谷地 | Miyagi | 56.3 km |
| 2 | Ishinomaki City石巻市桃生町 | Miyagi | 56.7 km |
| 2 | Shichigahama Town七ヶ浜町東宮浜 | Miyagi | 57.1 km |
| 2 | Tome City登米市豊里町 | Miyagi | 58.5 km |
| 2 | Matsushima Town松島町高城 | Miyagi | 59.0 km |
| 2 | 大崎市鹿島台 | Miyagi | 61.0 km |
| 2 | Wakuya Town涌谷町新町裏 | Miyagi | 62.7 km |
| 2 | 大崎市松山 | Miyagi | 65.7 km |
| 2 | Sendai Miyagino Ward仙台宮城野区苦竹 | Miyagi | 67.9 km |
| 2 | Tome City登米市東和町 | Miyagi | 68.0 km |
| 2 | Sendai Miyagino Ward仙台宮城野区五輪 | Miyagi | 70.7 km |
| 2 | Natori City名取市増田 | Miyagi | 71.0 km |
| 2 | Sendai Izumi Ward仙台泉区将監 | Miyagi | 72.6 km |
| 2 | Iwanuma City岩沼市桜 | Miyagi | 73.6 km |
| 2 | Shinchi Town新地町谷地小屋 | Fukushima | 77.1 km |
| 2 | Kesennuma City気仙沼市唐桑町 | Miyagi | 77.8 km |
| 2 | Kesennuma City気仙沼市笹が陣 | Miyagi | 78.5 km |
| 2 | Ichinoseki City一関市藤沢町 | Iwate | 79.4 km |
| 2 | Soma City相馬市中村 | Fukushima | 81.6 km |
| 2 | Shibata Town柴田町船岡 | Miyagi | 83.7 km |
| 2 | Minamisoma City南相馬市鹿島区西町 | Fukushima | 84.8 km |
| 2 | Ichinoseki City一関市室根町 | Iwate | 85.2 km |
| 2 | Ichinoseki City一関市千厩町 | Iwate | 86.2 km |
| 2 | Ogawara Town大河原町新南 | Miyagi | 86.7 km |
| 2 | Minamisoma City南相馬市鹿島区栃窪 | Fukushima | 88.8 km |
| 2 | 宮城川崎町前川 | Miyagi | 92.9 km |
| 2 | Iitate Village飯舘村伊丹沢 | Fukushima | 102.2 km |
| 2 | Kunimi Town国見町藤田 | Fukushima | 107.0 km |
| 2 | 福島伊達市霊山町 | Fukushima | 107.3 km |
| 2 | Kawamata Town川俣町五百田 | Fukushima | 113.8 km |
| 2 | 亘理町下小路 | Miyagi | — |
| 2 | 塩竈市旭町 | Miyagi | — |
| 2 | 双葉町両竹 | Fukushima | — |
| 1 | Ishinomaki City石巻市大瓜 | Miyagi | 42.1 km |
| 1 | Ishinomaki City石巻市相野谷 | Miyagi | 48.6 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市津山町 | Miyagi | 57.4 km |
| 1 | 宮城美里町木間塚 | Miyagi | 58.6 km |
| 1 | Minamisanriku Town南三陸町歌津 | Miyagi | 59.8 km |
| 1 | Tagajo City多賀城市中央 | Miyagi | 61.4 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市登米町 | Miyagi | 62.9 km |
| 1 | Rifu Town利府町利府 | Miyagi | 64.6 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市米山町 | Miyagi | 65.3 km |
| 1 | Osato Town大郷町粕川 | Miyagi | 65.9 km |
| 1 | 宮城美里町北浦 | Miyagi | 67.5 km |
| 1 | 仙台空港 | Miyagi | 68.0 km |
| 1 | Sendai Wakabayashi Ward仙台若林区遠見塚 | Miyagi | 69.3 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市南方町 | Miyagi | 69.5 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市中田町 | Miyagi | 69.7 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市迫町 | Miyagi | 70.3 km |
| 1 | Sendai Aoba Ward仙台青葉区雨宮 | Miyagi | 73.2 km |
| 1 | 栗原市瀬峰 | Miyagi | 75.1 km |
| 1 | 大崎市三本木 | Miyagi | 75.3 km |
| 1 | 大和町吉岡 | Miyagi | 76.1 km |
| 1 | Sendai Taihaku Ward仙台太白区山田 | Miyagi | 76.2 km |
| 1 | Kesennuma City気仙沼市赤岩 | Miyagi | 76.3 km |
| 1 | Yamamoto Town山元町浅生原 | Miyagi | 76.7 km |
| 1 | Tome City登米市石越町 | Miyagi | 77.0 km |
| 1 | 大崎市古川三日町 | Miyagi | 77.0 km |
| 1 | Ohira Village大衡村大衡 | Miyagi | 77.7 km |
| 1 | 栗原市高清水 | Miyagi | 79.0 km |
| 1 | 栗原市若柳 | Miyagi | 81.0 km |
| 1 | 大崎市古川大崎 | Miyagi | 82.0 km |
| 1 | 栗原市築館 | Miyagi | 82.9 km |
| 1 | 栗原市志波姫 | Miyagi | 83.0 km |
| 1 | Ichinoseki City一関市花泉町 | Iwate | 83.4 km |
| 1 | Shikama Town色麻町四竈 | Miyagi | 83.8 km |
| 1 | 宮城加美町中新田 | Miyagi | 84.1 km |
| 1 | Kakuda City角田市角田 | Miyagi | 84.3 km |
| 1 | Murata Town村田町村田 | Miyagi | 86.3 km |
| 1 | Ichinoseki City一関市川崎町 | Iwate | 86.7 km |
| 1 | 栗原市金成 | Miyagi | 87.2 km |
| 1 | Marumori Town丸森町鳥屋 | Miyagi | 87.7 km |
| 1 | Marumori Town丸森町上滝 | Miyagi | 87.9 km |
| 1 | Minamisoma City南相馬市原町区高見町 | Fukushima | 88.1 km |
| 1 | 栗原市一迫 | Miyagi | 88.8 km |
| 1 | Minamisoma City南相馬市原町区本町 | Fukushima | 89.7 km |
| 1 | Minamisoma City南相馬市原町区三島町 | Fukushima | 90.2 km |
| 1 | Zao Town蔵王町円田 | Miyagi | 91.8 km |
| 1 | Rikuzentakata City陸前高田市高田町 | Iwate | 92.4 km |
| 1 | Sendai Aoba Ward仙台青葉区大倉 | Miyagi | 92.9 km |
| 1 | 栗原市栗駒 | Miyagi | 93.0 km |
| 1 | Sendai Aoba Ward仙台青葉区作並 | Miyagi | 93.7 km |
| 1 | Minamisoma City南相馬市小高区 | Fukushima | 93.8 km |
| 1 | Ichinoseki City一関市大東町 | Iwate | 94.5 km |
| 1 | Ichinoseki City一関市竹山町 | Iwate | 95.1 km |
| 1 | Ofunato City大船渡市大船渡町 | Iwate | 96.0 km |
| 1 | Shiroishi City白石市亘理町 | Miyagi | 97.0 km |
| 1 | Ichinoseki City一関市東山町 | Iwate | 97.1 km |
| 1 | Ofunato City大船渡市猪川町 | Iwate | 98.1 km |
| 1 | Namie Town浪江町幾世橋 | Fukushima | 99.6 km |
| 1 | Hiraizumi Town平泉町平泉 | Iwate | 101.6 km |
| 1 | 福島伊達市梁川町 | Fukushima | 104.1 km |
| 1 | Sumita Town住田町世田米 | Iwate | 104.9 km |
| 1 | 福島伊達市保原町 | Fukushima | 108.6 km |
| 1 | 福島伊達市月舘町 | Fukushima | 109.1 km |
| 1 | Okuma Town大熊町野上 | Fukushima | 109.2 km |
| 1 | 福島伊達市前川原 | Fukushima | 112.7 km |
| 1 | Tomioka Town富岡町本岡 | Fukushima | 113.2 km |
| 1 | Katsurao Village葛尾村落合落合 | Fukushima | 113.5 km |
| 1 | Tamura City田村市都路町 | Fukushima | 116.3 km |
| 1 | Fukushima City福島市五老内町 | Fukushima | 117.4 km |
| 1 | Kawauchi Village川内村下川内 | Fukushima | 117.5 km |
| 1 | Fukushima City福島市飯野町 | Fukushima | 118.3 km |
| 1 | Fukushima City福島市松木町 | Fukushima | 118.7 km |
| 1 | Nihonmatsu City二本松市針道 | Fukushima | 118.9 km |
| 1 | Naraha Town楢葉町北田 | Fukushima | 119.8 km |
| 1 | Kamaishi City釜石市只越町 | Iwate | 120.6 km |
| 1 | Kawauchi Village川内村上川内早渡 | Fukushima | 123.3 km |
| 1 | 福島広野町下北迫大谷地原 | Fukushima | 124.1 km |
| 1 | Tamura City田村市常葉町 | Fukushima | 125.8 km |
| 1 | Nihonmatsu City二本松市油井 | Fukushima | 127.2 km |
| 1 | Kitakami City北上市相去町 | Iwate | 128.7 km |
| 1 | Tamura City田村市船引町 | Fukushima | 130.0 km |
| 1 | Tamura City田村市大越町 | Fukushima | 130.4 km |
| 1 | Nihonmatsu City二本松市金色 | Fukushima | 130.6 km |
| 1 | Tamura City田村市滝根町 | Fukushima | 133.9 km |
| 1 | Motomiya City本宮市白岩 | Fukushima | 134.0 km |
| 1 | Ono Town小野町小野新町 | Fukushima | 138.2 km |
| 1 | Motomiya City本宮市本宮 | Fukushima | 138.4 km |
| 1 | Otama Village大玉村玉井 | Fukushima | 138.7 km |
| 1 | Ono Town小野町中通 | Fukushima | 139.0 km |
| 1 | Iwaki Cityいわき市三和町 | Fukushima | 145.3 km |
| 1 | Koriyama City郡山市朝日 | Fukushima | 147.6 km |
| 1 | Sukagawa City須賀川市八幡山 | Fukushima | 155.5 km |
| 1 | Tamakawa Village玉川村小高 | Fukushima | 158.2 km |
| 1 | Sukagawa City須賀川市岩瀬支所 | Fukushima | 158.7 km |
| 1 | Kagamiishi Town鏡石町不時沼 | Fukushima | 159.7 km |
| 1 | Tenei Village天栄村下松本 | Fukushima | 165.0 km |
| 1 | Asakawa Town浅川町浅川 | Fukushima | 168.6 km |
| 1 | Izumizaki Village泉崎村泉崎 | Fukushima | 169.8 km |
| 1 | Tanagura Town棚倉町棚倉中居野 | Fukushima | 174.5 km |
| 1 | Shirakawa City白河市新白河 | Fukushima | 179.2 km |
| 1 | Hitachi City日立市助川小学校 | Ibaraki | 201.4 km |
| 1 | Kasama City笠間市石井 | Ibaraki | 239.0 km |
| 1 | 南三陸町志津川 | Miyagi | — |
| 1 | 大崎市古川北町 | Miyagi | — |
| 1 | 奥州市前沢区 | Iwate | — |
| 1 | 奥州市胆沢区 | Iwate | — |
| 1 | 桑折町東大隅 | Fukushima | — |
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- P2PQUAKEIssued: December 19, 2017 at 06:57:00Received: July 31, 2026 at 00:37:19
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