Japan · Earthquake archives October 2011

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events97

Largest magnitudeM 6.1

M6+1

M7+0

Average depth54.2 km

Strongest events

Magnitude	Location	Depth	Time
M 6.1	16 km NE of Asahikawa, Japan	187.0 km	2011-10-21 08:02:37 UTC	View event →
M 5.7	101 km N of Yonakuni, Japan	224.2 km	2011-10-30 03:23:46 UTC	View event →
M 5.6	23 km ENE of Namie, Japan	46.0 km	2011-10-10 02:45:57 UTC	View event →
M 5.6	Bonin Islands, Japan region	455.9 km	2011-10-04 01:37:29 UTC	View event →
M 5.3	73 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan	46.0 km	2011-10-07 02:51:18 UTC	View event →
M 5.3	24 km W of ?machi, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-05 10:00:01 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	Izu Islands, Japan region	12.4 km	2011-10-25 19:34:12 UTC	View event →
M 5.2	eastern Honshu, Japan	13.1 km	2011-10-05 10:06:13 UTC	View event →
M 5.1	194 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-17 06:03:48 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	8 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	37.1 km	2011-10-25 17:08:54 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	83 km ENE of Namie, Japan	35.4 km	2011-10-17 09:15:23 UTC	View event →
M 5.0	277 km ESE of ?funato, Japan	35.0 km	2011-10-12 17:22:05 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	5 km S of Edosaki, Japan	72.8 km	2011-10-31 01:31:41 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-30 05:24:07 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	153 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	36.7 km	2011-10-29 22:16:02 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	52 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	58.2 km	2011-10-29 06:24:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	24 km SSE of Koshima, Japan	59.4 km	2011-10-23 12:04:49 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	42 km W of Nobeoka, Japan	89.4 km	2011-10-19 02:36:53 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	133 km E of Yamada, Japan	29.9 km	2011-10-17 20:34:01 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	3 km SSW of Shisui, Japan	70.7 km	2011-10-14 09:26:55 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	154 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan	26.3 km	2011-10-13 18:09:04 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	63 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan	26.9 km	2011-10-13 04:05:24 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	146 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-10 16:11:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	31 km W of Hotaka, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-06 10:37:13 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	52 km N of Miyako, Japan	40.8 km	2011-10-05 05:16:29 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	Volcano Islands, Japan region	23.4 km	2011-10-04 04:15:08 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	37 km ESE of Namie, Japan	27.9 km	2011-10-02 16:49:04 UTC	View event →
M 4.9	243 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan	14.5 km	2011-10-02 13:30:11 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	72 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan	43.8 km	2011-10-31 20:59:47 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	92 km SE of Hasaki, Japan	41.1 km	2011-10-31 09:02:30 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	68 km ESE of ?funato, Japan	31.2 km	2011-10-30 23:08:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Bonin Islands, Japan region	35.0 km	2011-10-28 19:51:55 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	291 km ESE of ?funato, Japan	21.3 km	2011-10-27 18:06:22 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	278 km S of ?yama, Japan	1.6 km	2011-10-25 19:53:27 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	224 km ESE of Namie, Japan	5.0 km	2011-10-20 17:56:17 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Bonin Islands, Japan region	35.0 km	2011-10-19 08:11:05 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	106 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan	35.0 km	2011-10-16 09:46:05 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	121 km E of Miyako, Japan	21.2 km	2011-10-13 21:05:13 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	44 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan	44.9 km	2011-10-12 18:00:50 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	237 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan	25.5 km	2011-10-11 03:26:11 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	12.2 km	2011-10-11 02:48:47 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	9 km E of Makabe, Japan	77.2 km	2011-10-09 21:57:44 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	117 km S of Yudomari, Japan	46.5 km	2011-10-07 10:48:34 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-06 11:44:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Izu Islands, Japan region	29.5 km	2011-10-06 01:19:38 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	Kyushu, Japan	15.5 km	2011-10-05 14:33:28 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	40 km S of Hasaki, Japan	35.0 km	2011-10-04 11:58:38 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	14 km SW of Wakimachi, Japan	42.5 km	2011-10-04 10:19:30 UTC	View event →
M 4.8	23 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan	14.3 km	2011-10-02 21:48:56 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	157 km E of Miyako, Japan	22.1 km	2011-10-31 18:12:06 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	147 km E of Miyako, Japan	10.0 km	2011-10-31 14:09:23 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	86 km SE of Hasaki, Japan	2.9 km	2011-10-28 19:35:45 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	40 km E of Namie, Japan	68.1 km	2011-10-27 20:20:18 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	20 km ENE of ?hara, Japan	9.3 km	2011-10-27 17:38:52 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	262 km E of Namie, Japan	35.0 km	2011-10-25 18:07:15 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	25 km E of Iwaki, Japan	63.9 km	2011-10-25 03:54:12 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	167 km ENE of Miyako, Japan	26.4 km	2011-10-23 21:11:18 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	73 km E of Namie, Japan	24.5 km	2011-10-21 01:25:13 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	Izu Islands, Japan region	10.0 km	2011-10-19 12:03:03 UTC	View event →
M 4.7	70 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	42.9 km	2011-10-19 02:18:51 UTC	View event →

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