M4.4 earthquake 131 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 131 km ESE of Yamada, Japan on Sun, Dec 4, 2016, 10:07 AM JST (01:07 UTC), 19 km (12 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-04 01:07:38 UTC
- Depth
- 18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.201° N, 143.433° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4105 km E of Miyako, Japan · 3570 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.694 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 3562 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007zji. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.