Japan earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 51 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 51 km E of Iwaki, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 6:42 AM JST (21:42 UTC), 10 km (6 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
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-21 21:42:37 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.137° N, 141.453° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.954 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.478 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.358 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 26
  41. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  54. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 92

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 5.326 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.475 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.349 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.843 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.463 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.859 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.640 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  12. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 6.935 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 478 · tsunami flag
  14. 4.636 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.658 km SSE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3617 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 5.062 km E of Namie, Japan · 3624 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  19. 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3631 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away

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