Japan earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 59 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 59 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 2:35 AM JST (17:35 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 35 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-25 17:35:49 UTC
Depth
26.3 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.864° N, 141.512° 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, Ibaraki and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us20007gp5. 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.062 km E of Namie, Japan · 3623 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3617 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3612 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.636 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 6.935 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 478 · tsunami flag
  6. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.640 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.859 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.463 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 4.843 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.349 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 4.475 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 5.326 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  18. 5.051 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 4.954 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.478 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 4.358 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 26
  59. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 4.499 km E of Namie, Japan · 3642 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3646 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.2130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3651 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.666 km E of Namie, Japan · 3657 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1

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