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M4.6 earthquake 63 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan on Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 8:48 PM JST (11:48 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 13 km NE of Daigo, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-27 11:48:35 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.414° N, 141.326° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.913 km NE of Daigo, Japan · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 178
  2. 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3567 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.414 km NW of Hitachi, Japan · 3567 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 57
  5. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 69
  7. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3557 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  8. 5.09 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3552 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 32
  9. 4.57 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 35
  10. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3531 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.3107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.423 km NNE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  13. 4.613 km WNW of Takahagi, Japan · 3527 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  14. 4.543 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3526 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3525 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  16. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 5.410 km SW of Hasaki, Japan · 3515 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 127

Before

  1. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.4106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  5. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  6. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3577 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3578 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3581 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  15. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007t4k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.