Japan earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 55 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 55 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Tue, Nov 8, 2016, 9:43 PM JST (12:43 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 41 km SE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-08 12:43:19 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.388° N, 141.206° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Recorded (2 JMA) in Ibaraki.

From the USGS event page for us100076a4. 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.

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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 175°, dip 16°, rake 54°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 32°, dip 77°, rake 100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3611 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 12
  2. 4.123 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3606 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 5.023 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 27
  4. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 5.051 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
  30. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 92
  38. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  53. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3580 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  56. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3576 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3631 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3632 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 5.37 km S of Sawara, Japan · 3636 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 82
  4. 4.48 km SW of Ishioka, Japan · 3637 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
  5. 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3647 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076a4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.