Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 49 km ESE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 49 km ESE of Namie, Japan on Thu, Nov 24, 2016, 6:59 AM JST (21:59 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 39 km ENE of Iwaki, 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 21:59:13 UTC
Depth
10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.254° N, 141.485° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3594 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  23. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  24. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  25. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3589 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3588 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  30. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3578 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 11
  34. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3576 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3573 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  36. 5.1106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  37. 4.6105 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.786 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3572 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.4106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 4.4103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3569 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3568 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  43. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 19
  44. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3561 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 57
  45. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 69
  47. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3557 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  48. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3554 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 92
  3. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.149 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3603 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.548 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 4.663 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.549 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 4.421 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.457 km E of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.467 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 5.137 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3603 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.450 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 4.852 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3604 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away

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