M4.2 earthquake 130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan on Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 8:56 PM JST (11:56 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-05 11:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 33.9 km (21.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.285° N, 142.115° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 204°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5183 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3643 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3631 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3617 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006v51. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.