M4.4 earthquake 177 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 177 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 3:29 PM JST (06:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 187 km ENE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-24 06:29:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.253° N, 143.868° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3631 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3630 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3605 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.9187 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072p7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.