Japan earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 104 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 104 km E of Iwaki, Japan on Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 7:43 AM JST (22:43 UTC), 11 km (7 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
4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-12 22:43:21 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.030° N, 142.058° 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
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 16°, dip 42°, rake -95°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 202°, dip 49°, rake -86°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.2 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.636 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 6.935 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 478 · tsunami flag
  3. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.640 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.859 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.463 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.843 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.349 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.475 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 5.326 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  15. 5.051 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.954 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 4.478 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 4.358 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  26. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  28. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 26
  55. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 5.062 km E of Namie, Japan · 3623 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3630 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.499 km E of Namie, Japan · 3642 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007766. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC.