Today: 6.2 magnitude earthquake near Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan

Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 3 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 16 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 50 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 702 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

2025-04-02 21:42:51 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 25 km depth
Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan
2025-04-02 18:01:33 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2025-04-02 14:03:57 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 25 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
2025-04-02 04:35:28 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 11 km depth
Katsuren-haebaru, Okinawa, Japan
2025-04-01 23:59:52 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Katsuren-haebaru, Okinawa, Japan
2025-04-01 22:04:16 UTC 4.1 magnitude, 57 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
2025-04-01 12:33:40 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 110 km depth
Sakai, Ibaraki, Japan
2025-04-01 05:41:47 UTC 4.1 magnitude, 57 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-03-30 13:55:57 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 55 km depth
Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-03-30 01:18:31 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 67 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan
2025-03-29 23:47:38 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 65 km depth
Sakura, Chiba, Japan
2025-03-29 13:00:39 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 174 km depth
Otrada, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-03-28 19:45:16 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 46 km depth
Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan
2025-03-28 01:18:49 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 121 km depth
Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
2025-03-27 18:50:40 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 52 km depth
Ōhara, Chiba, Japan
2025-03-27 18:12:38 UTC 4.1 magnitude, 325 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-03-25 10:39:27 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 89 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
2025-03-24 23:19:36 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 63 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
2025-03-23 19:43:46 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hasaki, Chiba, Japan
2025-03-23 18:38:42 UTC 3.9 magnitude, 38 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2025-03-22 22:14:27 UTC 5.1 magnitude, 128 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2025-03-22 09:41:59 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 68 km depth
Hitachi-Naka, Ibaraki, Japan
2025-03-22 05:44:27 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
2025-03-20 09:15:40 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 177 km depth
Ojiya, Niigata, Japan
2025-03-19 04:25:15 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan
2025-03-17 20:00:37 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 26 km depth
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
2025-03-17 12:57:19 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 62 km depth
Miyako, Iwate, Japan
2025-03-17 09:22:27 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 45 km depth
Naze, Kagoshima, Japan
2025-03-16 16:19:27 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 49 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia
2025-03-16 15:49:52 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 122 km depth
Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

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