Japan earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 37 km SE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Namie, Japan on Wed, Nov 23, 2016, 2:41 AM JST (17:41 UTC), 32 km (20 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
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-22 17:41:16 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.274° N, 141.336° 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.

From the USGS event page for us10007bh4. 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 92
  17. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3594 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  41. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  42. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3589 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3588 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  48. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3581 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3578 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3577 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11
  53. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3573 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  55. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3573 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  56. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  57. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.4106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 26
  5. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 4.052 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away

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