Japan earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 72 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 72 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 1:00 AM JST (16:00 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 35 km ESE of Namie, 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
2016-10-10 16:00:42 UTC
Depth
48.3 km (30.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.873° N, 141.766° E
Region
Japan
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Sendai. Recorded (2 JMA) in Fukushima and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us20007d3f. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.2 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.499 km E of Namie, Japan · 3641 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.730 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3640 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 17
  3. 5.062 km E of Namie, Japan · 3623 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  4. 6.124 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 79
  5. 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3612 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.658 km SSE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 52 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.636 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 6.935 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 478 · tsunami flag
  9. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.640 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.859 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.463 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.843 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.349 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 4.475 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 5.326 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  21. 5.051 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 4.954 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 4.478 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 4.358 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  32. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 26

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 4.669 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3655 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.666 km E of Namie, Japan · 3656 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.667 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3668 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.675 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.562 km E of Namie, Japan · 3675 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007d3f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.