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M4.3 earthquake 69 km SE of ?funato, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 69 km SE of ?funato, Japan on Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 12:03 PM JST (03:03 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-30 03:03:47 UTC
Depth
46.6 km (29.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.607° N, 142.260° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Recorded (1 JMA) in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us10007nng. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 5.4 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.694 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.486 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.670 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3558 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.353 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3535 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3532 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3527 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.657 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3508 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.539 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nng. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.