Japan earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan on Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 7:20 PM JST (10:20 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
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-24 10:20:45 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.490° N, 141.817° 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 Kamakura.

From the USGS event page for us10006sal. 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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 6.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.9133 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.6151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.5151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 4.2106 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.5152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.5141 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3660 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.6139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3659 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 5.1151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3657 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.5156 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3657 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.2147 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.9131 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.6134 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.6160 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3654 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3653 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 4.9144 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3651 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 4.5150 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.4125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.3154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3643 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 4.6off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3632 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 4.6148 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.489 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.4149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.7154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.9149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 4.6136 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 5.0103 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.7156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.4128 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.4off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.7142 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.2160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 5.3104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 5.2151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 4.6160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 4.2182 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.1175 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.3141 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.1165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006sal. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC.