M4.6 earthquake 96 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 96 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan on Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 5:36 AM JST (20:36 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 48 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-30 20:36:48 UTC
- Depth
- 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.345° N, 141.689° 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 us10006ive. 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 5.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.091 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3681 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.448 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 3678 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 53
- 4.5109 km NE of Hasaki, Japan · 3664 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2130 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 3652 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.428 km E of ?arai, Japan · 3648 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.659 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 3632 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ive. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.