M4.5 earthquake 39 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan on Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 1:25 PM JST (04:25 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 70 km SE of ?funato, 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
- 2016-12-08 04:25:13 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.589° N, 141.693° 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 Miyagi.
From the USGS event page for us20007z2l. 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 7.2 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 27
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.369 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.486 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.670 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3558 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.353 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3547 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3535 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3532 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.540 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3527 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.658 km SSE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 6.124 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 79
- 5.054 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3615 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007z2l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.