M4.5 earthquake 15 km WSW of Chichibu, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Chichibu, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 5:56 AM JST (20:56 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 5 km SW of Mitsukaid?, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-21 20:56:34 UTC
- Depth
- 135.0 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.951° N, 138.910° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007drg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.