M4.5 earthquake 130 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 130 km ESE of Yamada, Japan on Fri, Nov 4, 2016, 1:35 AM JST (16:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 94 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-03 16:35:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.010° N, 143.344° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5109 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3596 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4131 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 3591 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3569 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.694 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3562 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076nm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.