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M5.2 earthquake 111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan on Tue, Oct 4, 2016, 9:13 PM JST (12:13 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 4, 2016, 9:13 PM JST
UTC: 2016-10-04 12:13:49 UTC
Depth: 19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.727° N, 141.443° E
Region: Japan
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.22	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 240°, dip 85°, rake 7°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 150°, dip 83°, rake 175°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.4 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 41°
Stations used: 293

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006uxw (also filed as iscgem609630460). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.