Japan earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 3:21 PM JST (06:21 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-23 06:21:39 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.456° N, 141.859° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
155°
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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7142 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.4off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.4128 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 4.7156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 5.0103 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.6136 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.9149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.7154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.4149 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.489 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.6148 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.9154 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.4156 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.9133 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3663 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.6151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.5151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.2106 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 3662 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.5152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 4.5141 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.6139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3660 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 5.1151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  23. 4.5156 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3658 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 4.2147 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 4.9131 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 4.6134 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3656 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 4.6160 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3655 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3653 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3653 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 4.9144 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3652 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 4.5150 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 4.4125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 4.3154 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 4.6off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3633 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 5.3104 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 5.2151 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.6160 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.2182 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.1175 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.3141 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.1165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3664 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.1185 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.5195 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.5139 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.4122 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.2165 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 4.2165 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.6224 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.9149 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.178 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3665 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.7145 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.8146 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.9143 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 6.2142 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3665 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 24

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