Japan earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 41 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 41 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan on Thu, Nov 24, 2016, 12:00 PM JST (03:00 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 13 km NE of Daigo, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-24 03:00:48 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.168° N, 141.330° 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 us10007e9w. 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 6.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3600 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3593 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  23. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  29. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3579 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3576 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 11
  34. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3575 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  36. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  37. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.4106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3570 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3570 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3567 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 5.913 km NE of Daigo, Japan · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 178
  43. 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3566 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.414 km NW of Hitachi, Japan · 3566 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3564 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 19
  46. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3559 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 57
  47. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 69
  49. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  50. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 4.57 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 3546 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 35

Before

  1. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 92
  4. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

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