M4.6 earthquake 6 km NE of Kasukabe, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Kasukabe, Japan on Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 3:55 AM JST (18:55 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 17 km N of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-09 18:55:45 UTC
- Depth
- 89.9 km (55.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.019° N, 139.814° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 6.4 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3612 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
- 4.24 km E of Chiba, Japan · 3610 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 30
- 4.515 km WSW of Chichibu, Japan · 3605 days ago · 135 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3594 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 12
- 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3577 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.74 km NNW of ?ami, Japan · 3572 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.75 km SW of Mitsukaid?, Japan · 3571 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 24
- 4.414 km NW of Hitachi, Japan · 3567 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3631 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 42
- 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3634 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.37 km S of Sawara, Japan · 3637 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 82
- 4.48 km SW of Ishioka, Japan · 3638 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100078s5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.