M4.4 earthquake 8 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan on Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 10:54 AM JST (01:54 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 23 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-24 01:54:25 UTC
- Depth
- 42.9 km (26.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.829° N, 140.702° 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 Chiba.
From the USGS event page for us100072p4. 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 4.5 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3631 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 42
- 4.541 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 3625 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.255 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3618 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.66 km NE of Kasukabe, Japan · 3616 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3612 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 12
- 4.24 km E of Chiba, Japan · 3610 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 30
- 4.123 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3606 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.023 km NNE of Hasaki, Japan · 3605 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 27
- 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 12
- 4.022 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3581 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3577 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 5.37 km S of Sawara, Japan · 3637 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 82
- 4.48 km SW of Ishioka, Japan · 3638 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 4.53 km NNW of Yoshikawa, Japan · 3647 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3647 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072p4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.