Japan earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 4 km NNW of ?ami, Japan

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of ?ami, Japan on Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 8:47 PM JST (11:47 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-24 11:47:40 UTC
Depth
78.8 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
35.552° N, 140.302° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
158°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.75 km SW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3570 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 24
  2. 4.58 km SSE of Tsukuba, Japan · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  3. 5.09 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 32
  4. 4.14 km ENE of Ishige, Japan · 3547 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.669 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan · 3538 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.511 km N of ?hara, Japan · 3531 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.45 km NW of Sakura, Japan · 3515 days ago · 67 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
  9. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3514 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 127

Before

  1. 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3581 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 12

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007sfp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.