Japan earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 11 km NW of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Namie, Japan on Fri, Nov 25, 2016, 5:29 PM JST (08:29 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 13 km NE of Daigo, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-25 08:29:06 UTC
Depth
30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.553° N, 140.899° 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.

From the USGS event page for us10007ec7. 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 4.9 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3593 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.558 km NE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  19. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3577 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  23. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3575 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  25. 5.913 km NE of Daigo, Japan · 3567 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 178
  26. 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 3567 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  27. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3564 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 19
  28. 5.217 km SSE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 57
  29. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 69
  31. 4.220 km SE of Iwaki, Japan · 3556 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  32. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 91 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.749 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.841 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.443 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.241 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.449 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.540 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 5.941 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3601 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 92
  13. 4.652 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3601 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.636 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.353 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.842 km E of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 4.454 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.652 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 4.442 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.939 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away

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