Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 1 earthquake in the past 24 hours
  • 5 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 33 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 763 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2000-07-30 12:25:00 UTC 6.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
2000-07-20 18:39:18 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 47 km depth
Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
2000-07-15 01:30:30 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
2000-07-15 01:30:00 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
2000-07-01 07:01:55 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
2000-07-01 07:01:00 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 12 km depth
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
2000-06-25 06:34:42 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Shibushi, Kagoshima, Japan
2000-06-15 11:10:46 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
2000-06-10 18:23:29 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
2000-06-09 23:31:45 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 485 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
2000-06-06 14:57:02 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
2000-06-03 08:54:49 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 62 km depth
Narutō, Chiba, Japan
2000-06-03 08:54:00 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 51 km depth
Narutō, Chiba, Japan
2000-01-28 16:39:24 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 193 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2000-01-28 14:21:07 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 61 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1999-11-01 17:53:00 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-10-24 04:21:41 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1999-09-25 23:52:48 UTC 6.5 magnitude, 17 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-22 00:14:39 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 26 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 21:46:42 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Lugu, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 18:16:18 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 18:11:53 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 18:03:44 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 17:57:16 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 17:47:32 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Lugu, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-09-20 17:47:18 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1999-05-12 17:59:22 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 102 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
1999-01-24 00:37:04 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
1998-12-16 00:18:45 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 41 km depth
Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan
1998-11-19 15:39:19 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan

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