Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Sun, Nov 20, 2016, 12:26 AM JST (15:26 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 70 km NNE of Miyako, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-19 15:26:11 UTC
Depth
56.6 km (35.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.095° N, 143.054° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
187°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 4.48 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.9187 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3591 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  4. 5.070 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3585 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3569 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3547 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.3189 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3547 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.563 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3618 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.7128 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3627 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.5178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3631 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.7178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3631 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.4177 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3632 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.8181 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3632 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dmi. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.