Today: 6.9 magnitude earthquake near Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Recent Earthquakes Near Japan

Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 2 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 15 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 52 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 669 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Japan:

3 days ago 6.2 magnitude, 25 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
2 months ago 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Yujing, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 months ago 6.8 magnitude, 36 km depth
Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
3 months ago 6.8 magnitude, 146 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
4 months ago 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan
4 months ago 6.1 magnitude, 8 km depth
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Japan
7 months ago 6.1 magnitude, 14 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
7 months ago 6.5 magnitude, 406 km depth
Dolinsk, Sakhalin, Russia
7 months ago 7.1 magnitude, 25 km depth
Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
11 months ago 6.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
11 months ago 6.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
11 months ago 6.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
1 year ago 6.1 magnitude, 40 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1 year ago 6.4 magnitude, 12 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1 year ago 7.4 magnitude, 34 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
1 year ago 6.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
1 year ago 7.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
1 year ago 6.5 magnitude, 23 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan
1 year ago 6.3 magnitude, 183 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
1 year ago 6.2 magnitude, 123 km depth
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
1 year ago 6.1 magnitude, 44 km depth
Asahi, Chiba, Japan
1 year ago 6.2 magnitude, 8 km depth
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
2 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 34 km depth
Misawa, Aomori, Japan
2 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 50 km depth
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
2 years ago 6.1 magnitude, 357 km depth
Toba, Mie, Japan
2 years ago 6.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 years ago 6.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Taitung City, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 years ago 6.0 magnitude, 12 km depth
Katsuura, Chiba, Japan
2 years ago 6.3 magnitude, 27 km depth
Yonakuni, Okinawa, Japan
3 years ago 6.7 magnitude, 24 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan

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