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M4.7 earthquake 154 km SE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 154 km SE of ?hara, Japan on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 10:58 PM JST (13:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 111 km ESE of ?hara, 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
2016-09-23 13:58:06 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.461° N, 141.786° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Tokyo.

From the USGS event page for us10006s02. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.4149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.489 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.6148 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.9154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.4156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.9133 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.6151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.5151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.2106 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3662 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.5152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.5141 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.6139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3660 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 5.1151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.5156 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3658 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 4.2147 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.9131 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.6134 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 4.6160 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3655 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3653 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 4.9144 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3652 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 4.5150 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.4125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 4.3154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 4.2187 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3640 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.6off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3633 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.9149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.6136 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 5.0103 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.7156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.4128 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.4off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 4.7142 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.2160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 5.3104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 5.2151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.6160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.2182 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.1175 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 4.3141 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.1165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.1185 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 4.5195 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.5139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.4122 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.2165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006s02. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.