M4.6 earthquake 67 km SE of ?funato, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 67 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 10:39 PM JST (13:39 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 24 km ENE 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
- 2016-09-17 13:39:45 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.652° N, 142.275° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Sendai. Recorded (3 JMA) in Iwate and Miyagi.
From the USGS event page for us10006qf5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.449 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 3666 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.464 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3662 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3655 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.672 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3645 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.730 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3640 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 17
- 5.054 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3615 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 6.124 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 79
Before
- 4.675 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1119 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3683 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.557 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3684 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 5.171 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3695 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qf5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.