Yesterday: 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Volcano, Hawaii, United States

Biggest Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

1 earthquake in the past 24 hours
6 earthquakes in the past 7 days
41 earthquakes in the past 30 days
569 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

today: 4.3 in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
this week: 4.7 in Katsuura, Chiba, Japan
this month: 5.8 in Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
this year: 6.3 in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan

1925-02-20 01:02:22 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

2016-11-21 20:59:49 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 11 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan

2022-09-18 06:44:14 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan

2015-05-12 21:12:58 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan

2008-09-11 00:20:50 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 25 km depth
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

2009-10-30 07:03:39 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 34 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

2012-01-01 05:27:55 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 365 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

2000-01-28 14:21:07 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 61 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

2000-08-04 21:13:02 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Uglegorsk, Sakhalin, Russia

2001-12-18 04:02:58 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 14 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan

2001-03-24 06:27:53 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 50 km depth
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

2001-03-24 06:27:00 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 42 km depth
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

2003-12-10 04:38:11 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan

2003-07-27 06:25:31 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 470 km depth
Svetlaya, Primorskiy, Russia

2004-12-06 14:15:11 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

2007-07-16 14:17:37 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 350 km depth
Mikuni, Fukui, Japan

2008-07-23 15:26:19 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 108 km depth
Morioka, Iwate, Japan

2008-07-23 15:26:00 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 108 km depth
Morioka, Iwate, Japan

1991-12-19 01:33:40 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 27 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1995-10-19 02:41:36 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 19 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan

1995-04-17 23:28:06 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 23 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1996-09-05 23:42:06 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan

1984-09-18 17:02:44 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 47 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan

1987-01-14 11:03:48 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 102 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan

1987-02-06 13:16:17 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 47 km depth
Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

1987-05-07 03:05:49 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 430 km depth
Svetlaya, Primorskiy, Russia

1978-03-23 19:12:23 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1978-03-23 00:31:02 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 46 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

1965-09-17 16:21:20 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan

1967-10-25 00:59:25 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 71 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan