Yesterday: 6.5 magnitude earthquake near Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 2 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 13 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 41 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 574 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2007-04-20 02:23:34 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 11 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2007-04-20 01:45:56 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 9 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2007-04-20 00:26:40 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2007-03-25 00:41:57 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 8 km depth
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
2007-03-25 00:41:00 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 8 km depth
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
2007-02-17 00:02:56 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 31 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan
2007-01-25 10:59:17 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 36 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2007-01-13 04:23:21 UTC 8.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin, Russia
2006-12-26 12:34:13 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
2006-12-26 12:26:21 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hengchun, Taiwan, Taiwan
2006-11-17 18:03:12 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 22 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
2006-11-15 11:14:13 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2006-10-10 23:58:04 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 9 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
2006-06-22 10:53:11 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 95 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2006-06-11 20:01:26 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 140 km depth
Tsukawaki, Oita, Japan
2006-06-11 20:01:00 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 140 km depth
Tsukawaki, Oita, Japan
2006-04-01 10:02:19 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 9 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2006-04-01 10:02:00 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 9 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2005-12-16 18:32:16 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 42 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2005-12-02 13:13:09 UTC 6.5 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2005-11-21 15:36:30 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 145 km depth
Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan
2005-11-14 21:38:51 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 11 km depth
Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan
2005-10-19 11:44:42 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 32 km depth
Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan
2005-10-15 15:51:08 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 192 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan
2005-09-21 02:25:08 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 103 km depth
Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin, Russia
2005-08-30 18:10:45 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 21 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2005-08-24 10:15:28 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2005-08-16 02:46:28 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 36 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2005-08-16 02:46:00 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 40 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2005-03-20 01:53:41 UTC 6.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Maebaru-chūō, Fukuoka, Japan

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