Yesterday: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Panguna, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 12 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 40 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 650 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2003-05-26 09:24:33 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 68 km depth
Ōfunato, Iwate, Japan
2002-11-17 04:53:53 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 459 km depth
Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia
1999-09-20 17:47:18 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Puli, Taiwan, Taiwan
1998-05-03 23:30:21 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
1996-02-07 21:36:46 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 42 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1995-12-03 18:01:08 UTC 7.9 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1995-10-18 10:37:26 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 28 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
1995-01-06 22:37:34 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 26 km depth
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
1994-12-28 12:19:23 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 26 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1994-10-09 07:55:39 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 33 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1994-10-04 13:22:55 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1993-07-12 13:17:11 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 16 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan
1993-01-15 11:06:05 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 102 km depth
Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan
1991-12-22 08:43:13 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 24 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1989-11-01 18:25:34 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 28 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
1986-11-14 21:20:10 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1984-03-24 09:44:02 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 44 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1984-01-01 09:03:38 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 368 km depth
Owase, Mie, Japan
1983-05-26 02:59:59 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 23 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan
1982-07-23 14:23:53 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 36 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
1980-02-23 05:51:03 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 44 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1978-12-23 11:23:12 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 33 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1978-07-23 14:42:36 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 17 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
1978-06-12 08:14:26 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1978-03-24 19:47:50 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1978-03-23 03:15:20 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 33 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1976-01-21 10:05:24 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 41 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1975-06-10 13:47:14 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1973-06-24 02:43:25 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 50 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
1973-06-17 03:55:02 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

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