M4.5 earthquake 109 km E of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 109 km E of Miyako, Japan on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 9:26 AM JST (00:26 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 78 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-29 00:26:24 UTC
- Depth
- 21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.823° N, 143.203° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Recorded (2 JMA) in Iwate.
From the USGS event page for us10007d0r. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 119°, dip 50°, rake -171°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 24°, dip 83°, rake -40°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 95
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4131 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3591 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9187 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 5.070 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3584 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3569 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3547 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3189 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3547 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3134 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3539 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7129 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3539 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.178 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3537 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007d0r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.