Japan earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 52 km ESE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 11:44 AM JST (02:44 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
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-22 02:44:34 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.345° N, 141.569° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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 6.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.553 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.345 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.743 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.548 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.66 km WSW of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.6near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.455 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.437 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.544 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.337 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.641 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.330 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 5.242 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 26
  15. 4.751 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 92
  35. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3594 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  60. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 4.426 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.658 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.747 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.536 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.550 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.370 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.544 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.646 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.557 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.951 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.855 km E of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.233 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.541 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.946 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.641 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.745 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.461 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 4.142 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.558 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.244 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

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