M4.7 earthquake 128 km E of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 128 km E of Yamada, Japan on Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 4:17 PM JST (07:17 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-29 07:17:13 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.354° N, 143.431° E
- Region
- Japan
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Kitakami. Recorded (1 JMA) in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi.
From the USGS event page for us100072xa. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 131°, dip 41°, rake 41°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 7°, dip 64°, rake 123°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5130 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3621 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4107 km ENE of Miyako, Japan · 3605 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3595 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4131 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3569 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072xa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.