Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 1:58 AM JST (16:58 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 39 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-24 16:58:27 UTC
Depth
43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.734° N, 142.013° 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 and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us10007mir. 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 3.4 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3568 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 19
  4. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 57
  5. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 69
  7. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.3near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3530 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.830 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3530 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.3107 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 3528 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.461 km E of Namie, Japan · 3527 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.543 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3526 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.251 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3524 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  17. 5.266 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 23
  18. 4.143 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3523 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  3. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3573 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 11
  7. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mir. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC.