Today: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

Biggest Earthquakes Near Hyesan-si, Yanggang-do, North Korea

20 years ago 4.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Maebaru-chūō, Fukuoka, Japan

48 years ago 4.9 magnitude, 19 km depth
Zhaogezhuang, Hebei, China

42 years ago 4.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Mikuni, Fukui, Japan

47 years ago 4.6 magnitude, 33 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan

57 years ago 7.5 magnitude, 34 km depth
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan

11 years ago 4.4 magnitude, 239 km depth
Shimokizukuri, Aomori, Japan

38 years ago 4.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Shengli, Shandong Sheng, China

18 years ago 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

18 years ago 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

20 years ago 3.6 magnitude, 242 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan

48 years ago 4.3 magnitude, 33 km depth
Dashentang, Tianjin Shi, China

18 years ago 4.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

42 years ago 4.8 magnitude, 33 km depth
Noshiromachi, Akita, Japan

6 months ago 4.9 magnitude, 7 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

17 years ago 4.1 magnitude, 8 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

18 years ago 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

20 years ago 3.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Maebaru-chūō, Fukuoka, Japan

31 years ago 3.1 magnitude, 33 km depth
Linxi, Hebei, China

17 years ago 4.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan

12 years ago 4.0 magnitude, 247 km depth
Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan