M5.7 earthquake 119 km E of Iwaki, Japan
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 119 km E of Iwaki, Japan on Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 7:57 AM JST (22:57 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-26 22:57:06 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.997° N, 142.223° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 24
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.66 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.6 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.5 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Tokyo. Also felt at Chiba, Kawaguchi, Mito, Sendai, Tsuchiura and Urayasu. Recorded (3 JMA) in Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi and Tochigi.
From the USGS event page for us2000671z. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 5.7 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 25°, dip 75°, rake 94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 192°, dip 16°, rake 77°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 265
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6122 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3753 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.539 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3741 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7123 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3738 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.430 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3737 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.597 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3732 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3732 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.252 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3705 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.745 km E of Namie, Japan · 3704 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 5.664 km E of Namie, Japan · 3703 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 55
- 4.460 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3702 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 5.045 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3699 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 83
Before
- 4.2105 km E of Namie, Japan · 3754 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.175 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3760 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.391 km E of Namie, Japan · 3762 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2135 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.366 km E of Namie, Japan · 3773 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.489 km E of Namie, Japan · 3776 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000671z (also filed as gcmt20160626225708, iscgem609063367). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.