M4.8 earthquake 181 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 181 km ENE of Miyako, Japan on Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 9:28 AM JST (00:28 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-24 00:28:57 UTC
- Depth
- 34.7 km (21.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.214° N, 143.930° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4177 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3631 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.7178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5178 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3630 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3605 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3595 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9187 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007gal. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.