Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 54 km SE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Namie, Japan on Wed, Nov 23, 2016, 8:02 PM JST (11:02 UTC), 10 km (6 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
2016-11-23 11:02:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.205° N, 141.500° 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 us10007bs0. 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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 92
  6. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3594 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  31. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  32. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  37. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 11
  41. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3573 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  43. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  44. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  45. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.4106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3568 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3567 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  50. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 19
  51. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 57
  52. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 69
  54. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  55. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 26
  16. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away

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