M4.1 earthquake 9 km SE of Misawa, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Misawa, Japan on Wed, Nov 23, 2016, 11:18 AM JST (02:18 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 70 km NNE of Miyako, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-23 02:18:12 UTC
- Depth
- 119.1 km (74.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 40.635° N, 141.472° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Misawa.
From the USGS event page for us10007e25. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.4 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.442 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.070 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3585 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 4.566 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 3562 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3548 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.878 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3543 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
- 4.896 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 3543 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007e25. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.