M4.1 earthquake 119 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Yamada, Japan on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 5:54 AM JST (20:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 128 km E of Yamada, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-02 20:54:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.089° N, 143.246° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 7.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1133 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3681 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.667 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 3668 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.449 km ESE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 3665 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.464 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1196 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3660 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7128 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3626 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 5.3145 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3694 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6156 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3696 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 5.3137 km E of Yamada, Japan · 3696 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.591 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3701 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.547 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3712 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006kiv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.