M4.5 earthquake 109 km NE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 109 km NE of Hasaki, Japan on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 11:26 AM JST (02:26 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 23 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-23 02:26:04 UTC
- Depth
- 33.1 km (20.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.290° N, 141.837° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 48
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3652 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3647 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3631 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3618 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3611 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 4.123 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3606 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.023 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 27
Before
- 4.6177 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 3667 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.448 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3678 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 53
- 4.091 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3680 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.696 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3687 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3687 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 13
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ru4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.