Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 37 km ESE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 6:49 PM JST (09:49 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 41 km SE of Namie, 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
2016-11-22 09:49:21 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.354° N, 141.394° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Recorded (1 JMA) in Fukushima, Ibaraki and Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us10007bdm. 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 3.8 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 26
  6. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 92
  26. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3600 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3593 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  51. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  57. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3579 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 11

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

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