M4.1 earthquake 23 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan on Sun, Nov 20, 2016, 8:09 AM JST (23:09 UTC), 43 km (27 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-19 23:09:27 UTC
- Depth
- 43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.844° N, 141.061° 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 8°, dip 67°, rake 71°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 230°, dip 30°, rake 127°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.023 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 27
- 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 12
- 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3580 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3576 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.74 km NNW of ?ami, Japan · 3571 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3568 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.58 km SSE of Tsukuba, Japan · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 5.09 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 32
- 4.14 km ENE of Ishige, Japan · 3546 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.57 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3546 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 35
Before
- 4.24 km E of Chiba, Japan · 3609 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 30
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3611 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 12
- 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3617 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.541 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3625 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3630 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 42
- 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3633 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dmw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.