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M4.5 earthquake 58 km NE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 58 km NE of Namie, Japan on Mon, Dec 5, 2016, 5:43 AM JST (20:43 UTC), 63 km (39 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-04 20:43:35 UTC
Depth
62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.814° N, 141.519° 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 Miyagi.

From the USGS event page for us20007zk8. 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 3.7 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.428 km E of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.438 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.287 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.847 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.539 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.648 km E of Namie, Japan · 3586 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  7. 4.647 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3579 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.458 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.160 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 5.150 km E of Namie, Japan · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 11
  11. 4.442 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 3575 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.538 km E of Namie, Japan · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  13. 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3564 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 19
  14. 4.445 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 5.339 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3559 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 69
  16. 4.051 km E of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.417 km W of Namie, Japan · 3553 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.546 km E of Namie, Japan · 3551 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 4.251 km E of Namie, Japan · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.145 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3535 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 4.694 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 3532 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.761 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3590 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.944 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.737 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.852 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.634 km E of Namie, Japan · 3593 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.250 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.457 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.045 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3596 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.629 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.344 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.344 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.055 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.651 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.633 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3597 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.111 km NW of Namie, Japan · 3599 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.359 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.261 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.741 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 4.047 km SE of Namie, Japan · 3600 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.322 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 3600 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007zk8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC.