Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 85 km northeast of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, on Sunday, 14 Feb 2021 6:26 pm (GMT +9) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southeast of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 13 Feb 2021 11:07 pm (GMT +9), which had occurred 19 hours earlier.
Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 85 km northeast of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, on Sunday, 14 Feb 2021 6:26 pm (GMT +9)

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 50 km depth

14 Feb 09:33 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Date & time: 14 Feb 2021 09:26:59 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 14 Feb 2021 6:26 pm (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 50.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.542°N / 141.619°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Nearest volcano: Adatara (118 km / 73 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
55 km (34 mi) E of Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) NE of Iwaki (pop: 357,300) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) SE of Watari (pop: 36,300) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) ESE of Kakuda (pop: 33,200) --> See nearby quakes!
91 km (57 mi) SE of Iwanuma (pop: 42,400) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) E of Funehikimachi-funehiki (Tamura) (pop: 23,500) --> See nearby quakes!
96 km (60 mi) SE of Ōkawara (pop: 23,300) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (61 mi) ESE of Hobaramachi (Date) (pop: 24,500) --> See nearby quakes!
252 km (157 mi) NE of Saitama (pop: 1,193,400) --> See nearby quakes!
268 km (167 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 14.4°C (58 F), humidity: 59%, wind: 10 m/s (20 kts) from SSW
Primary data source: NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) More info
Show interactive Map
[smaller] [bigger]
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience and submit a short "I felt it" report! Other users would love to hear about it!
Also if you did NOT feel the quake although you were in the area, please report it! Your contribution is valuable also to earthquake science and earthquake hazard analysis and mitigation efforts. You can use your device location or the map to indicate where you were during the earthquake. Thank you!

Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
4.650 kmE OFF FUKUSHIMA PREF, JapanNIED
4.660 kmNEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPANEMSC
4.651 km69 Km E of Namie, JapanUSGS

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Oroville (7974.3 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / very short : Like traffic or a train suddenly passing or the sensation of a grumbling, sound of snoring in the distance or of muffled grumbling
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - new app for Android

Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900


Map of earlier quakes

Why is there advertising on this site?
Support us - Help us upgrade our services!
We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:
  • Weather reports
  • Tsunami alerts
  • Design upgrades
  • Faster responsiveness
Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:
  • Earthquake archive from 1900 onwards
  • Additional seismic data sources
  • Improved content in English
Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS
Thank you!
Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most texts and images, in particular photographs, on this website are protected by copyright. Further reproduction and use of without authorization is usually not consented. If you are not sure or need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.