M4.5 earthquake 41 km SE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 41 km SE of Hasaki, Japan on Tue, Nov 1, 2016, 4:02 AM JST (19:02 UTC), 27 km (17 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
- 2016-10-31 19:02:47 UTC
- Depth
- 26.8 km (16.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.472° N, 141.168° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Recorded (1 JMA) in Chiba.
From the USGS event page for us100073ae. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3611 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
- 4.24 km E of Chiba, Japan · 3609 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 30
- 4.123 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3606 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.023 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 27
- 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
- 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3580 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.74 km NNW of ?ami, Japan · 3571 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3630 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 42
- 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3633 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.37 km S of Sawara, Japan · 3637 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 82
- 4.7119 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 3652 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.2111 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 3652 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100073ae. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.