Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 11 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan on Wed, Jul 6, 2016, 8:47 AM JST (23:47 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 15 km SE of Hitachi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-05 23:47:29 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.788° N, 140.939° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Recorded (2 JMA) in Chiba and Ibaraki.

From the USGS event page for us1000614p. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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 5.7 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.05 km SSE of Iwai, Japan · 3732 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 139
  2. 4.811 km N of ?hara, Japan · 3730 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 72
  3. 4.421 km SE of Takahagi, Japan · 3730 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.26 km NW of Ushiku, Japan · 3730 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  5. 5.05 km ESE of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3730 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 113
  6. 4.34 km W of Ushiku, Japan · 3730 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.115 km NE of ?hara, Japan · 3729 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.58 km NW of ?ami, Japan · 3726 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  9. 5.315 km SE of Hitachi, Japan · 3722 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 125
  10. 4.35 km ENE of Omigawa, Japan · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 17
  11. 4.615 km ESE of Mobara, Japan · 3716 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 15
  12. 5.045 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3699 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 83
  13. 4.51 km NW of Iwai, Japan · 3691 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 26
  14. 4.9105 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3688 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
  15. 4.696 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3688 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.619 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3744 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.5near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3744 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.31 km SE of Iwase, Japan · 3746 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.330 km ESE of ?arai, Japan · 3748 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.42 km S of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3758 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.323 km ENE of ?arai, Japan · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
  7. 4.316 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3765 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 5.04 km SSW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 51
  9. 4.25 km SSE of Yotsukaid?, Japan · 3768 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.1near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3768 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.41 km WNW of Iwai, Japan · 3772 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000614p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.