M4.0 earthquake 91 km NE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 91 km NE of Hasaki, Japan on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 7:11 AM JST (22:11 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 48 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-06 22:11:58 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.265° N, 141.615° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 223°, dip 34°, rake 129°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 358°, dip 64°, rake 67°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.448 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3678 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 53
- 4.524 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3670 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 17
- 4.5109 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3652 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3647 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3633 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3632 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.541 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3626 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.696 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3687 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3687 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 13
- 5.045 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3699 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 83
- 4.252 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3705 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mjc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC.