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M4.3 earthquake 37 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 37 km E of Iwaki, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 8:21 PM JST (11:21 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
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-22 11:21:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.040° N, 141.305° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Recorded (1 JMA) in Fukushima.

From the USGS event page for us10007dtt. 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
172°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 26
  4. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 92
  24. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3593 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  48. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  49. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  54. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3576 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 11
  59. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3575 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away

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