M5.0 earthquake 70 km NNE of Miyako, Japan
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 70 km NNE of Miyako, Japan on Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 1:44 PM JST (04:44 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-10 04:44:57 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.179° N, 142.385° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Hachinohe and Misawa. Recorded (3 JMA) in Aomori and Iwate.
From the USGS event page for us20007zqv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3569 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.667 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3548 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.878 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3543 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
- 4.3134 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7129 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3540 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.178 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3538 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
- 4.668 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan · 3536 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.273 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 3528 days ago · 57 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.48 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.442 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.19 km SE of Misawa, Japan · 3602 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3606 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007zqv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.