Japan earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 36 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 36 km E of Namie, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 3:25 AM JST (18:25 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 35 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-21 18:25:52 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.438° N, 141.404° 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 Fukushima and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us10007b73. 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.935 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 478 · tsunami flag
  2. 5.052 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 5.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.531 km NE of Iwaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 5.034 km SSE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.649 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.640 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.859 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.463 km E of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.843 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.349 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.475 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 5.326 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3605 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  14. 5.051 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 5.134 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.645 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.954 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.478 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.358 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  25. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 26
  55. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 4.658 km SSE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.0104 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3613 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 5.062 km E of Namie, Japan · 3624 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3632 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007b73. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.