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M4.1 earthquake 165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 11:34 AM JST (02:34 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-23 02:34:33 UTC
Depth
19.7 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.479° N, 141.939° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3141 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.1175 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.2182 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.6160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 5.2151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 5.3104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.2160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.7142 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.4off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.4128 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.7156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 5.0103 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.6136 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.9149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 4.7154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 4.4149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.489 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.6148 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.9154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  21. 4.4156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 4.9133 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 4.6151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 4.5151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 4.5152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 4.5141 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 4.6139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3660 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 5.1151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.5156 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3657 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 4.2147 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 4.9131 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 4.6134 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 4.6160 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3654 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3653 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 4.9144 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3652 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 4.5150 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 4.4125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 4.3154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 4.6off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3632 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 4.1185 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.5195 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.5139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.4122 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.2165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 4.2165 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.6224 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.9149 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.178 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.7145 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.8146 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.9143 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 6.2142 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 24
  14. 4.5152 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.7147 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.0153 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 5.0157 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 5.3157 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 5.3157 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 4.7159 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away

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