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M4.7 earthquake 147 km SE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 147 km SE of ?hara, Japan on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 1:20 AM JST (16:20 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 142 km ESE of Katsuura, 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
2016-09-22 16:20:34 UTC
Depth
16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.487° N, 141.712° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5152 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 6.2142 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 24
  3. 4.9143 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.8146 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 4.7145 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.178 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.9149 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.6224 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.2165 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.2165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.4122 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.5139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.5195 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.1185 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.1165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.3141 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.1175 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.2182 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.6160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 5.2151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 5.3104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 4.2160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 4.7142 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 4.4off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 4.4128 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 4.7156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 5.0103 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 4.6136 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 4.9149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 4.7154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 4.4149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 4.489 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 4.6148 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 4.9154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.4156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 4.9133 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 4.6151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 4.5151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 4.2106 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3662 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 4.5152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 4.5141 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 4.6139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3660 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 5.1151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  45. 4.5156 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3658 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 4.2147 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 4.9131 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 4.6134 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 4.6160 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3655 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3653 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 4.9144 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3652 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 4.5150 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 4.4125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 4.3154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 4.2187 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3640 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 4.6off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3633 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 4.0153 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 5.0157 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 5.3157 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 5.3157 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.7159 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.5173 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3671 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.6131 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3673 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.755 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3675 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.6150 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.5140 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3677 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 4.6144 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3678 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.6142 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3678 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.5179 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3678 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.6149 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3681 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.6143 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3682 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.5145 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 5.3132 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3685 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
  18. 4.7157 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3685 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.6135 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3688 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.6142 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3689 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away

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