Today: 6.0 magnitude earthquake near Codrington, Barbuda, AG

Yesterday: 6.7 magnitude earthquake near Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan

Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 9 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 69 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 793 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2026-05-15 11:22:01 6.7 magnitude, 43.0 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-15 11:20:54 4.8 magnitude, 35.0 km depth
Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
2026-05-13 20:01:36 4.4 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Numakunai, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-13 10:43:29 4.7 magnitude, 18.0 km depth
Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-05-13 02:24:36 4.9 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan
2026-05-12 00:02:38 4.3 magnitude, 68.0 km depth
Fujioka, Tochigi, Japan
2026-05-11 02:27:44 4.3 magnitude, 51.0 km depth
Sarugamori, Aomori, Japan
2026-05-11 01:41:17 5.0 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Tokuwase, Kagoshima, Japan
2026-05-11 00:21:40 4.9 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Tanohata, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-09 16:18:52 4.6 magnitude, 35.0 km depth
Shirahama, Okinawa, Japan
2026-05-09 01:26:56 4.4 magnitude, 35.0 km depth
Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
2026-05-08 19:26:39 4.2 magnitude, 70.0 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-05-08 17:10:18 4.6 magnitude, 35.0 km depth
Tanohata, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-08 03:36:10 4.4 magnitude, 27.0 km depth
Tanokuchi, Shizuoka, Japan
2026-05-07 23:31:16 4.7 magnitude, 65.0 km depth
Minami-Sōma, Fukushima, Japan
2026-05-07 20:57:34 4.3 magnitude, 28.0 km depth
Xiulin, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-05-07 18:50:02 4.6 magnitude, 78.0 km depth
Chikusei, Ibaraki, Japan
2026-05-07 06:39:18 4.7 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Nakanoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
2026-05-06 10:06:27 4.4 magnitude, 112.0 km depth
Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan
2026-05-05 19:35:07 4.3 magnitude, 109.0 km depth
Funehikimachi-funehiki, Fukushima, Japan
2026-05-04 23:54:06 5.2 magnitude, 32.0 km depth
Tanohata, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-04 21:42:00 4.8 magnitude, 12.0 km depth
Tanohata, Iwate, Japan
2026-05-04 14:15:56 4.3 magnitude, 21.0 km depth
Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
2026-05-04 06:59:22 4.4 magnitude, 10.0 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-05-03 16:18:53 4.9 magnitude, 131.0 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan
2026-05-02 09:28:40 5.7 magnitude, 59.0 km depth
Nishino, Wakayama, Japan
2026-05-01 17:19:26 4.8 magnitude, 48.0 km depth
Hamanaka-sakuraminami, Hokkaido, Japan
2026-05-01 13:00:41 4.9 magnitude, 35.0 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
2026-05-01 12:39:55 5.8 magnitude, 97.0 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
2026-04-30 10:38:21 4.4 magnitude, 37.0 km depth
Tanohata, Iwate, Japan

Places Near Japan

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