M4.5 earthquake 3 km NNW of Yoshikawa, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Yoshikawa, Japan on Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 3:28 PM JST (06:28 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 7 km S of Sawara, 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
- 2016-10-10 06:28:21 UTC
- Depth
- 80.7 km (50.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.919° N, 139.828° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.48 km SW of Ishioka, Japan · 3637 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 5.37 km S of Sawara, Japan · 3637 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 82
- 4.48 km ESE of Omigawa, Japan · 3633 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 3630 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 42
- 4.66 km NE of Kasukabe, Japan · 3616 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.717 km N of Hasaki, Japan · 3611 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
- 4.24 km E of Chiba, Japan · 3609 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 30
- 4.515 km WSW of Chichibu, Japan · 3604 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.72 km SSW of Chiba, Japan · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 12
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007eu5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.