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:

1968-04-01 07:13:19 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
1968-08-05 16:17:06 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 45 km depth
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
1969-08-12 11:21:23 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 19 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1969-08-12 05:53:30 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 29 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1969-08-12 05:03:28 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1971-09-08 11:48:27 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 17 km depth
Shebunino, Sakhalin, Russia
1957-10-19 18:28:58 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1958-04-07 18:05:05 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
1960-07-29 17:31:44 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 53 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
1961-08-19 05:33:35 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
1948-05-12 00:56:58 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 20 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1948-06-28 07:13:31 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Maruoka, Fukui, Japan
1948-09-10 13:48:37 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 25 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1938-11-30 02:29:51 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
1938-11-22 01:14:05 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 25 km depth
Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
1938-11-09 09:15:53 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
1938-12-06 23:00:52 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1942-03-21 23:20:47 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 25 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
1943-12-02 05:09:00 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1943-04-11 14:45:57 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan
1930-08-20 20:54:07 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
1923-11-03 16:19:23 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
1924-01-14 20:50:21 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Sayama, Saitama, Japan
1925-01-28 04:05:35 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1925-02-02 19:46:53 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 35 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1926-06-29 14:26:50 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Nago, Okinawa, Japan
2021-05-01 01:27:27 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 47 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2015-02-16 23:06:28 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 23 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2015-11-13 20:51:31 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 12 km depth
Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan
2016-01-14 03:25:34 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 51 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan

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